Quinoa-Sweet White Patato Mini-Cutlets Amongst Cranberry Chutney/Dip; Dft

It's that fourth dimension of the yr when at that topographic point are vacation parties galore!! Tons of nutrient everywhere: work, home, yous lift it! No, I am non beingness a Grinch. I am all for parties. With a footling planning too thinking, nosotros tin give notice brand these festive gatherings healthy. One exactly has to last smart close it. There are dissimilar ways to attain this: 1. Sneak good for yous ingredients to all your bill of fare items.
2. Make 50% of your bill of fare items healthy.
3. Reduce the portion size of all your hors-d'oeuvres.
4.Serve desserts that are non that sugary too are to a greater extent than natural, fruit-based.
5. Provide smaller plates for eating.

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My contribution to this are these rattling delicious protein-packed mini-cutlets made alongside the goodness of quinoa too sweetness potatoes.They are crunchy when yous seize alongside teeth into them too soft on the inside. They are totally guilt-free. Are yous surprised that I am recommending sweet-potatoes for diabetics?? Believe it or not, according to the American Diabetes Association, sweetness potatoes are considered a superfood for diabetics! You tin give notice read to a greater extent than inwards the "footnotes" ( tip for good for yous living).

Coming dorsum to the quinoa-sweet Irish Gaelic patato mini-cutlets, they are uncomplicated too slow to make. You don't demand also many ingredients either. You tin give notice acquire inwards gluten-free too. I made one-half the batch gluten-free too the other one-half non because I ran out of white cornmeal. This dish uses rattling footling oil. You could bake them or pan-fry them. I baked one-half the batch too pan-fried the other half. Frankly, I prefer the pan-fried version every bit it crisps too browns meliorate than the baked version.

So, become ahead too give it a endeavor too portion your thoughts too opinions. I await forwards to them.

Recipe for Cranberry chutney: click here.

Recipe for the Quinoa-Sweet Irish Gaelic patato Mini-Cutlets

Servings: makes 24 mini-cutletsServing size: ii per individual alongside 1 tsp chutney

Ingredients:

Quinoa: 1/2 cup, uncooked
Water: 1 cup
Salt: 1/4 tsp + 1/8 tsp ( accommodate every bit per private taste)
Sweet potato: 1, medium-sized
Water: iv cups
Onion: 1, small
Ginger-garlic paste: 1 tsp
Green chillies: 1-2 ( accommodate every bit per private spice level), chopped fine.
Cumin pulverization ( jeera powder): 1/4 tsp
Coriander pulverization ( dhania powder): 1/2 tsp
Garam masala powder: 1/8 tsp ( optional).
Cilantro ( coriander leaves): ii tbsp, chopped
Cornflour: 1 tbsp
White cornmeal ( makke ka atta) / Cream of wheat ( sooji): 1/2 cup, for dipping; may non demand all.
Cooking crude : 1-2 tbsp for greasing the skillet/pan.

Method:

Bring 1 loving cup H2O to a boil inwards a saucepan. Add 1/4 tsp tabular array salt too 1/2 loving cup washed quinoa. Reduce the flaming to low, comprehend the saucepan too allow it ready for 15mins. When done all the H2O should last gone too yous should run across pocket-sized curly strands on the quinoa. Fluff it alongside a fork/ spoon too move along aside to cool.

Bring iv cups H2O alongside the washed unpeeled sweetness potato inwards it to a boil. Reduce the flaming too ready for xv mins or until the sweetness Irish Gaelic patato is tender plenty to last mashed. Alternatively, yous could steam the sweetness potato.

Let the sweetness Irish Gaelic patato cool downwardly completely. Peel it too squelch it inwards a bowl. Add cooked quinoa, cumin powder, coriander powder,garam masala powder, chopped onion, ginger garlic paste, chopped light-green chillies , chopped cilantro ,cornflour too mix well. Your dough is ready.

Take the white cornmeal/cream of wheat/ sooji inwards a plate.

Using moisture hands, pinch a lemon-sized dough inwards your mitt too brand a ball. Gently press it downwardly to acquire inwards into a pattie/cutlet. Do this alongside all the available dough.

Heat a skillet/frying pan on medium heat. Grease it alongside 1 tbsp oil.

Roll each cutlet in cornmeal/cream of wheat/ sooji too identify it on the hot skillet.

Reduce flaming to depression too ready for 7-8 minutes. Flip too ready the other side for 5-7 minutes or until lightly golden. It should last crispy from the exterior too soft on the inside.

Alternatively, if yous pick out to bake, identify the cornmeal/ sooji rolled cutlets on a parchment paper-lined baking tray. Bake it at 350 deg F inwards a preheated oven for 20-25 minutes or until it turns slightly golden.

Flip it ane time halfway through the baking.

Serve hot alongside cranberry chutney.

I am bringing these beauties to Throwback Thursday, Fiesta Fri #99 too Saucy Saturday! Caroline @ Caroline’s Cooking too Linda @ La Petite Paniere are co-hosting Angie's Fiesta Fri this week.

Cooking made easy:

You could brand the batter too cast the cutlet ahead of fourth dimension too move along it inwards the fridge. An hr earlier the political party exactly whorl it too pan-fry or bake it.

Alternatively, yous could acquire inwards completely the previous day. Just warm it inwards the oven an hr earlier the party.

Footnotes ( tip for good for yous living):

Again, according to the American Diabetes Association, sweet potatoes are considered a superfood for diabetics! Sweet potatoes accept shown stabilization of blood-sugar levels past times lowering insulin resistance. The high fiber content inwards sweetness potatoes also helps cut back the " bad" LDL cholesterol inwards the body. The glycemic index of sweetness potatoes is much lower than potatoes. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 loving cup of mashed sweetness Irish Gaelic patato has 58 grams of saccharide of which 8.2 gms is fiber. ADA recommends that a diabetic consumes no to a greater extent than than 45-60 grams of saccharide per meal. This agency that sweetness potatoes tin give notice last business office of the meal, provided the residual of the repast is nutrient gratuitous of carbohydrate.

Quinoa is a nutrient- rich superfood that is non solely protein-rich, but is too thence rich inwards dietary fiber. It has a depression glycemic index too helps stabilize the blood-sugar level.

References:
http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/sweet-potatoes-good-diabetics-1614.html
http://www.bodyandsoul.com.au/nutrition/nutrition+tips/sweet+potatoes+a+diabetic+superfood,12627
http://www.prevention.com/health/diabetes/dr-weil-why-sweet-potato-king
http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/quinoa-good-grain-diabetics-eat-1759.html
http://www.livestrong.com/article/345256-how-to-count-quinoa-into-a-diabetes-meal-plan/

Disclaimer

I am non a nutritionist or dietician. My noesis too data is based on my question too reading from dissimilar resources. Please consult your Dr. or dietician earlier making whatever changes to your diet.

Food for thought:

It's what yous larn afterwards yous know it all that counts. John