Chicken Cutlet

Name: Chicken Cutlet
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 250 gms boneless chicken breast; 3 fresh bread crumbs; 2 onions chopped finely; 1 tsp ginger paste; 1 tsp garlic paste; 1 tbsp finely chopped capsicum; 1 carrot finely chopped; To taste salt; 1 tsp kasoori methi; 1 tbsp coriander chopped; 1 tsp red chilli powder; 4-5 green chillies chopped finely; 1 tsp meat masala; 1/2 tsp black pepper powder; 1/2 tsp garam masala; 1 bowl dry breadcrumbs; 2 tbsp cornflour; 2 tbsp gramflour or 1 egg; As needed oil for frying

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Chicken Cutlets are crispy deep fried patties with boiled shredded chicken with one or two mixed vegetables, herbs,spices and fresh breadcrumbs as binder.They serve as a great snack or appetizer with tea or at parties and is an all time favorite in almost every Indian household. Traditionally all ingredients are cooked alongwith boiled and shredded chicken and mixed together before shaping into cutlets and deep fried.
Serve these crispy chicken cutlets with hot and sweet tomato sauce, onion rings ,lemon wedges with a cup of tea.They can also be used to make burgers, wraps or sandwiches.

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Ingredients

45 minutes

5 servings

For filling :
250 gmsboneless chicken breast
3fresh bread crumbs
2onions chopped finely
1 tspginger paste
1 tspgarlic paste
1 tbspfinely chopped capsicum
1carrot finely chopped
To taste salt
1 tspkasoori methi
1 tbspcoriander chopped
1 tspred chilli powder
4-5green chillies chopped finely
1 tspmeat masala
1/2 tspblack pepper powder
1/2 tspgaram masala
For coating :
1 bowldry breadcrumbs
2 tbspcornflour
2 tbspgramflour or 1 egg
As neededoil for frying

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Steps

45 minutes

1

Heat half cup water with 1/4 th tsp salt and pressure cook chicken cubes upto 2 whistles. Open pressure and dry up leftover moisture in chicken.Shred or pulse chicken in a food processor. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan.Fry chopped onion till transparent. Add carrots and capsicum and fry in low flame till soft.Add green chillies and toss.Then add shredded chicken,ginger garlic paste and dry masalas,salt to taste,fresh breadcrumbs, chopped coriander,kasoori methi and toss.
2

Add garam masala and fry till the chicken and breadcrumbs mix well. Mash to form a smooth dough.Divide this dough into round or oval cutlets or patties.
3

Make a slurry of cornflour, gramflour or one egg.Coat each cutlet with dry flour and dip in the slurry. Then double coat in breadcrumbs to make the cutlets crispy.Refrigerate for an hour before frying the cutlets.
4

Heat oil in a pan and deep fry cutlets. Serve as an evening snack or appetizer with onion and lemon slices and hot and sweet tomato sauce alongwith tea.They can also be used to make burgers, wraps or sandwiches.