Preparation
Take pressed rice/poha in a sieve, wash it under running water just for a few seconds and let it rest aside for 10 minutes to make it soft.
Next, for tempering, heat oil in a pan and add the cumin seeds. When they start to splatter, add in the curry leaves, green chillies and the chopped ginger. Sauté it for a while.
Next goes in the onion, capsicum and the carrot. Saute them just for a minute or two. Don't overcook them. Sprinkle very little salt over here and mix well. Switch off the flame, the tempering is now ready. Keep it aside.
In a large bowl, take the boiled and grated potatoes along with the soaked poha and the bread slices which are soaked for a few seconds in water. Crush the slices with the help of your hands.
Then goes some salt, pepper, red chilli powder, garam masala, chaat masala and the lemon juice. Give everything a quick mix.
Next to this, goes in the prepared tempering of the vegetables along with some fresh coriander.
After adding the fresh coriander, mix it well until it all comes together to make a dough like consistency. You can check for salt here.
Add the bhujia and mix it well with the mixture.
Once everything is mixed well, let the mixture rest in the refrigerator for about 10-15 minutes so that it firms up and can be shaped into cutlets.
After 10-15 minutes, take it out, grease your hands with oil and make round shape cutlets out of it.
Once all cutlets are ready, heat oil for frying.
Meanwhile, dip these cutlets in the maida mixed water one by one and roll them immediately into the extra bhujia. Make sure you cover the sides and edges. This will give a nice and crunchy coating to them.
Fry them in batches in medium-hot oil until they get a good golden brown colour on both the sides.
Once fried, remove them on a kitchen towel and serve with any dip or ketchup on the side.