Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 12 minutes

Servings: 2 Servings

Evening snacks can be devoid of deep-frying and can be healthy and satisfying. We just need to get a little innovative. Try this Yam and green peas Kebabs for the perfect evening snack fix.

Ingredients

• Yam: 2 cups (cut in cubes)
• Green peas: ¾ cup
• Mint leaves: ¼ cup
• Coriander leaves: ¼ cup
• Ginger: 1 inch
• Garlic: 6 cloves
• Green chili: 2nos
• Onion: 2 tbsp(chopped)
• Besan: 2-3 tbsp (slightly roasted)
• Roasted peanut: 4tbsp
• Rock salt: to taste

For Dry spice powder

• Cloves: 3 nos
• Cinnamon: 1 inch
• Cardamom:1 no
• Coriander seeds: 2 tsp
• Cumin seeds: 1 tsp
• Red chili: 2 nos
• Fried gram: 3 tbsp

Method

• Steam yam until soft. Do not overcook.
• Heat a pan and dry roast spice powder ingredients, cool and blend into a coarse powder.
• Saute onions, ginger, garlic, mint leaves, coriander leaves, green peas, and green chili until peas are half cooked or slightly softened. Cool and blend into a coarse paste without water.
• In a large mixing bowl, place steamed yam and mash well, mix in the ground spice powder, ground peas mix and salt to taste.
• Shape into kebabs and cook on hot tawa on both sides without adding oil.
• Control the heat to get even browning without burning. 
• If you want a finish like those of kebabs coated in bread crumbs, powder the roasted peanuts coarsely and coat the shaped kebabs with peanut powder and then cook on hot tawa.
• Serve with Coriander mint chutney 

Eating guide:

• Food group: vegetables

• You can have it with your cooked meals or even as a quick bite between meals.

• Veggies are loaded with enzymes and high water content. They aid in digestion and act as a daily dose of vitamins and minerals. Tubers are fillings.

• These kebabs can be used in between buns to make burgers or in rolled in flat breads.

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