OATS IS BEST USED IN A SAVOURY SNACK OR CAKE IN MY KITCHEN!
I don't buy oats looking forward to healthier, slim self. In every matter, I am halfway there; I indeed use oats to get healthier cakes, snacks. But I don't eat it following parameters of healthy eating! If I am making an oats tikki using potato, onion, chillies, necessary spices in it; I fear my weight loss mission would not be that fruitful. I have crossed 50, had been obese to over weight all my life. My weight loss journey would demand lot of sacrifice, hard work. I am unable to commit myself. T's apathy towards food causes me irritation, pain! If I force myself to enter into a strict diet regime; all fun in my life would go away. To live, we need to cling onto some kind of activity we enjoy! Eating is my favourite activity, if only there had people at home to appreciate it, to enjoy eating, asking for more variety, ask me to cook this or that! Since son has left home, it seems I have nothing to do! I cannot indulge in partying, talking endlessly! In the scenario; if I get food orders, my hobby of cooking gets an outlet, the incoming dollars tastes sweet! So far what I have loved using oats are roasted moong & oats spicy khichuri / hotchpotch; oats upma which must have potatoes, oats-vegetables croquettes! I can have oats smoothie once every month, but oats with mango can be a regular affair for me!
I ALWAYS PLAN FOOD!
Right now, I am planning what SNACK to prepare for my evening tea / coffee time, some 2 hours from now. I started late to write my BLOGPOST today. I felt this EASY MAKE STARTER can be good to treat brothers on occasion of Rakhi Poornima / Raksha Bandhan! I hope our only son gets to tie one from his friends! Bhai prefers to eat outside food; with number of food delivery apps operating, the duo's eating outside food multiplied, thats our mother's displeasure. She was always against eating store bought food; our father was strictly against it! I try to pacify, "what would they do in Barrackpore, that too during this pandemic"! I am moderate, I balance! T's family had been always buying from outside kind; his mother hated cooking, sister too dislikes. The present day T hardly wants to eat out; he eats what I cook, that too is restriced. I would arrange for AIR FRIED SNACKER for evening munching; may be with oats, last week's yellowing coriander leaves, onion, green chillies, chaat masala! How does it sound? Around 3:30 pm, I had a fulfilling lunch; one would not have eaten anything until the dinner time.
I do not eat a tea or coffee time snack out of hunger; it gives me pleasure. I am game for what makes me happy! What is there to live for if I denounce every thing? Even many of the saints don't! I am mortal being who is happy if her food plate is full, her own are safe, healthy! I was doing preparation of the oats tikkis to be made in oven; unwilling to cut onion, running out of shallots, also need to buy yogurt starter tomorrow! I know I would still enjoy it with my hot cuppa!
WHATS AIR-FRYER RAW BANANA POTATO CROQUETTE?
Amazing enough; I went to an English Medium School [I call it Benglish]; I didn't call these croquette; these were always chop/cutlet for me. Certain questions cross my mind; did oats already exist in Western World in our younger days? Both of us siblings are happy go lucky; we did not aspire for big things in life at that time, one should! I have developed habit to search / post any damn question in Google. T explained any question such nicely earlier if he knew. These days he doesn't have patience, mood! All day I keep munching, search net for this and that or watch movie or series! I am not a knowledgeable person; earlier I had read different genres; mostly of Russian writers; I forgot Pavel was prominent character of which novel. I never had good memory, these days I am losing it! Anyway, I remembered to ask mother to get bhai a rakhi, make one with homegrown flowers! About this AIR FRYER RAW BANANA POTATO CROQUETTE, it is a VEGAN, GLUTEN-FREE SNACK prepared with RAW BANANA, POTATO, PEANUTS, FRESH CORIANDER, SPICES in AIR-FRYER! It is OATS CRUSTED!
Today is 9th August, 2026, I don't own air fryer. I wanted to update this blogpost, make snacks in grill + microwave mode.
See below for full process!
INGREDIENTS :
BOILED RAW BANANA : 2
BOILED POTATO : 1
CRUSHED PEANUT : 1 TBSP
CUMIN POWDER : 1 TSP
CORIANDER POWDER : 1 TSP
RED CHILLI POWDER : 1/2 TSP
TURMERIC POWDER : 1/2 TSP
CHOPPED GREEN CHILLI : 1 TSP
CHOPPED CORIANDER : 1 TBSP
CUMIN SEED : 1/4 TSP
SUGAR : 1/2 TSP
SALT : AS REQUIRED
CHAAT MASALA : TO SPRINKLE
OATS : A CUP FULL TO COAT
CORNFLOUR : 1/4 TEA CUP FOR BATTER
OIL : 2 TBSP
PROCEDURE :
We would peel potato & raw bananas, cut half, wash, take in pressure cooker. We would add 2 coffee mugs of water, little of salt, close tight lid!
We would pressure cook it at minimal heat up to 2 whistles, wait to cool. On cooling, we will open lid, discard water, mash vegetables.
We will heat oil in wok, temper it with cumin seeds, chopped, washed green chillies. We will add boiled & mashed vegetables to it!
We will fold in, add cumin-coriander-red chilli-turmeric powders, salt, sugar, stir cook for 4-5 minutes.
We will add chopped & washed coriander leaves, stir cook for 1/2 a minute, take down!
On cooling, we will add crushed peanuts, mix well!
We will shape croquettes, prepare cornflour-water mixture, thicker! We will take oats in bowl.
We will dip each into the flour batter and then coat with the oats. We will repeat! I was finding it difficult, mixed both together and coated croquettes.
Once done, we will grease air-fryer bowl with oil, place uncooked croquettes on it!
You can see I cooked for 20-25 minutes!
This time, in 2026, 9th August, I greased oven proof plate with oil, placed croquettes that have been refrigerated for an hour, brushed with oil.
I placed bake stand inside, on it oven proof plate with croquettes.
I cooked one side for 15-16 minutes, turned over, cooked another side for 10 minutes.
Enjoy fresh, hot with sauce or dip.
Oats using here in Turkey increase. Like you we add it to the cake or snacks ingredients. "Air fryer raw banana potato croquette" is so new recipe to us. Süre that it must be hearthy and delicious. Happy day.
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