Quinoa Cutlets Recipe in Air Fryer
Quinoa Cutlets Recipe in Air Fryer is a healthy, vegan, protein-rich snack with crisp texture outside and soft, flavorful bite inside.
Equipment
- Air Fryer
Ingredients
1 cup = 250 ml
- 1/2 cup Quinoa
- 1/2 cup sweet potato or normal potato (boiled & mashed)
- 1 cup mixed vegetables of your choice (we added chopped green beans, cabbage, capsicum & carrot)
- 1 onion (chopped)
- 2 green chilies (chopped)
- Small piece of ginger (chopped)
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 1 tbsp chaat masala (or dry mango powder or lemon juice)
- 3-4 tbsp cornflour/cornstarch
- 1 tbsp oil (avoid if deep/shallow frying)
- 1 cup water
Instructions
- Wash Quinoa very well and soak it for 3-4 hours.
- Drain and transfer quinoa in a pan.
- Add water.
- Boil on medium heat.
- Let the water completely evaporate.
- Transfer quinoa in a wide plate and let it cool down.
- Add chopped vegetables, onion, ginger and green chilies.
- Also add cumin seeds, red chilli powder, chaat masala, cornstarch, sweet potato and oil. No need to mix in oil if deep/shallow frying the Cutlets.
- Mix everything so well and make a kind of dough.
- Make out cutlets from the dough.
- Arrange them in the greased air fryer basket. You can bake, deep or shallow fry them as well.
- Brush oil on them.
- Air fry @180° C for 10 minutes.
- Turn their sides.
- Apply oil.
- Again Air fry @180° C for 5 minutes.
- Quinoa Cutlets are ready.
- Enjoy with the dip of your choice. We have made gluten free lentils burgers with these cutlets.
Notes
- You can soak the quinoa overnight also.
- For boiling quinoa, there's a set ratio. Quinoa + double the quantity of water.