Chicken cutlet
Chicken cutlet is a very popular dish in India served as a starter or a snack. Its crispy on the outside and soft inside and is delicious.
Servings 6 cutlets
Ingredients
- 125 g boneless chicken(1 breast fillet)
- 1 medium-sized potato(130g)
- 1 small piece carrot(45g)
- 5 beans
- a few peas
- 1 medium- sized onion(50g)
- 2 green chillies
- juice of half a lemon
- coriander leaves
- 1 tbsp oil
Spice powders
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- ½ tsp garam masala powder
- ½ tsp red chilly powder
- ¼ tsp cumin powder
- ¼ tsp pepper powder
- ⅛ tsp ginger powder
- ⅛ tsp garlic powder
- salt as needed
To dredge and fry
- 1 egg
- bread crumbs as needed
- oil as needed for deep frying
Instructions
- Wash the chicken fillet, thin it by cutting it across, and steam cook in a steamer. Cool down, and shred the chicken to fine pieces.
- Pressure-cook the potato, grate the carrot and finely chop the onion, beans, chillies, and coriander leaves.
- In a pan heat up a tbsp of oil, add the onion and green chillies, and saute till it slightly browns up.
- Next, add the carrot, peas, and beans and saute well. Then add the shredded chicken, the mashed potato, and all the spice powders and saute for a minute or two.
- Finally, add the coriander leaves, squeeze the lemon juice, and turn off the stove.
- As it cools get the egg and bread crumbs ready. Once it cools, shape it into even- sized cutlets or patties.
- Heat up oil in a pan. Dip the cutlets in egg, coat with bread crumbs, and deep fry.
- Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with tomato ketchup.