Mushroom Stuffed Potato Cakes

This recipe is from my friend Sushma, who had previously given the recipe for Shahi Pan eer. I have not tried this dish before and if I were to make it, I think I will substitute something else for the mushrooms, as I am not a huge fan of it. Perhaps some mixed veggies would be good I guess.

If you are not looking for a heavy meal, these cakes would be good to have for brunch or dinner with a salad or soup on the side. I hope you will try making this dish…..

Ingredients

Potatoes – 4 big
Plain flour – 2 tbsp
White button mushrooms – 5 to 6, sliced
Onion – 1 large, chopped
Garlic – small piece, minced
Green chilli – 2, chopped
Salt
Black Pepper – 2 tbsp, crushed
Chilli flakes – 1 tsp
Coriander leaves – a small bunch, chopped
Oil

Method

Wash the potatoes well and place them in a saucepan filled with water and bring the water to a boil.
Potatoes should be cooked in about 15-20 mins and you can test if it’s tender by poking the potato with a fork and it should slide thru to the center quite easily.
Drain the water and leave it aside to cool. Once cool, you may remove the skin and mash the potatoes and add 2 tbsp of plain flour together with salt and pepper.
Mix them together and make a dough.
Divide the dough into round balls and keep it aside.
In a wok, heat a little oil and saute the garlic for about 2 mins.
Add the chopped onions and green chillies and saute for about 4-5 mins and add the mushrooms and stir well.
Add the chilli flakes, crushed black pepper and salt to taste.
Finally add the chopped coriander leaves and transfer to a plate and let it cool.
Once it is cool, divide into 5 portions.
Take the potato dough and flatten it on your palm and place the mushroom filling in the center.
Cover the mushroom filing with the potato dough (see pic below).
Keep them in the fridge for about half an hour.
Heat the frying pan with little oil and shallow fry the potato cake till golden brown.
Flip the potato cake over and let the other side get golden brown as well.
Serve warm.

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