Chicken cutlet

Cutlets.. the good old cutlets!

The very mention of it brings forth the epitome of sensuousness to its heights. The perfect amalgamation of hotness so hot, sweetness so sweet, spice so spicy, crisp so crunchy that you can almost hear the crunch of that glorious bite before you are hit with the two-pronged ecstasy of the sweetness of the melted onions and the fire of the chillies. Such a hot combo!.. 

It wont stop at one bite... will it? ;D You just need more ... and more... 

And then... one more bite... :D :D

What I used

1. Vegetable oil: 2 tablespoons
2. Finely diced onion and shallots: 1 cup
3. Ginger-garlic paste: 1 tablespoon
4. Salt: to taste
5. Finely diced carrots: 1/2 cup
6. Garam masala: 1.5 teaspoon
7. Meat masala: 2 tablespoons
8. Chopped green chillies: 2
9. Minced chicken: 250 grams
10. Potatoes boiled with salt and mashed: 1/2 cup
11. Eggs: 2 or as needed to coat all the patties
12. Bread crumbs: as needed
13. Oil for deep frying

How I made it

1. In a skillet, heat the oil and saute onion shallot mix on low flame with some salt till they become really soft and have wilted fully
2. Add the ginger-garlic paste, chillies and carrots and cook on medium flame till the carrots are half done
3. Then add the masalas and cook again on low flame till the raw smell is gone
4. Add the minced chicken and cook really well. This will take sometime as the chicken cooks in its stock
5. Cook on medium flame keeping the skillet covered till all the stock has evaporated and the content is dry
6. Allow the mixture to cool,add the mashed potatoes, mixing everything really well
7. Then make firm patties of the desired shape
8. Dip them in the well-beaten eggs first and then coat it with bread crumbs. This process can be repeated once more for crispier cutlets
9. Heat enough oil on medium flame in a frying pan for deep frying and fry the cutlet patties till they are golden brown on each side
10. Excess oil can be blotted off using tissue or blotting paper

It's a fine snack on its own

Yet, it is equally good as a side dish with rice, fried rice, biriyani and chapatthis too. And if you are on a roll, stuff it between 2 breads or bun and it becomes a sandwich! Roll a chappathi or some flat bread over it and these can be wraps too ;D :D. You can also crumble them into a salad

Plenty of ways to have them, one better than the other

Enjoy!