Healthy Amaranth Potato Thyme Croquette Recipe

A tasty yet healthy snack recipe

Vanita Vasudevan
Healthy Amaranth Potato Thyme Croquette Recipe
1685 ratings.

The Amaranth Potato Thyme Croquette Recipe is croquette combines the goodness of protein and carbs and is a gluten free baked treat on a rainy day. It also serves as a healthy after school snack. For those who love to eat, it's hard to resist potatoes! 

Amaranth not only gives structure and flavor to the croquette but is also makes it crisp, crunchy and nutty on the outside.

Serve the Amaranth Potato Thyme Croquettes along with masala chai for a tea time snack during the monsoons or even pack them into your kids school lunch box.

Other recipes that you can try are:

  1. Fennel Potato Croquettes with Paneer Recipe
  2. Amaranth Sooji & Oats Dhokla Recipe
  3. Carrot Beet Amaranth Super Salad Recipe

This recipe is an entry to Monsoon Snack Challenge for The Hub @ Archana’s Kitchen challenges.

Cuisine: Continental
Course: Snack
Diet: Vegetarian
Prep in

10 M

Cooks in

40 M

Total in

50 M

Makes:

4 Servings

Ingredients

  • 4 Potatoes (Aloo) , hard-boiled 
  • 3/4 cup Amaranth Seeds (Rajgira) , roasted
  • 3 tablespoon Fresh Thyme leaves , chopped
  • 2 Green Chillies , finely chopped
  • 3 cloves Garlic , grated 
  • 1 tablespoon Black pepper powder
  • 1 tablespoon Butter (Salted)
  • 1 tablespoon Oil , plus little more for brushing
  • Salt , to taste

How to make Healthy Amaranth Potato Thyme Croquette Recipe

  1. To begin making the Amaranth Potato Thyme Croquette, preheat your oven at 180 C.The potatoes should be hard-boiled, it must not be mushy. Grate the potatoes and set aside.On a low flame, roast the Amaranth seeds until it crackles.Heat a skillet, add the oil followed by the chopped green chilli, grated garlic and chopped thyme.Add the grated potatoes, butter, salt, crushed pepper and mix well to combine. Add the roasted amaranth seeds into the potato mixture and stir until well combined.Shape the Amaranth Potato Thyme mixture in to lemon-sized balls or using your palm make an oval shape croquette. Roll this ball over the Amaranth seeds until coated on all sides.Brush will the Croquette with oil and bake for about 20 minutes in oven mark until crisp and evenly browned on all sides.

  2. Serve the Amaranth Potato Thyme Croquettes along with masala chai for a tea time snack during the monsoons or even pack them into your kids school lunch box.