All time favorite appetizer of any Keralite!! It is a great snack that you can have anytime. Yummy appetizer for any special occasions and parties. Recipe adapted from my mom-in-law.
Chicken Cutlet (Kerala style)
Chicken cooked with spices, dipped in an egg mix and then in breadcrumbs and deep fried. A great snack for special occasions and parties.
Ingredients
- 700 grams chicken (boneless)
- 1 Teaspoon turmeric Powder
- 1 ½ teaspoon fennel powder
- salt
- 4 onion
- 7 Chilly Green
- curry leaves
- 1 Tablespoon garlic
- 1 ½ Tablespoons ginger
- 1 ½ Teaspoons pepper Powder
- 3 potato
- 2 egg
- 1 Cup bread Crumbs
Instructions
- Cut boneless chicken into 1 inch cube size pieces. Boil chicken with salt and turmeric powder. Don't add water to it. Close the pan with a lid and cook. Chicken itself has water in it. It takes around 10 -15 minutes to cook chicken. Once chicken is done, open the lid and let the water evaporate completely.
- Crush green chillies in a chopper/mixi. Slice onions. Saute onion, green chilli and curry leaves. Add salt to soften onion fast.
- While it get sauted, cook potatoes in a separate pan or cooker . If you are using cooker, switch it off after 2 whistles or until it is done.
- Crush ginger and garlic well. Once onion turns light brown, add ginger-garlic mixture to it.
- Once it is sauted well, add fennel powder and pepper. Turn it off and allow the mixture to cool a bit.
- Grind together above mixture and boiled chicken prepared in Step 1. Make sure that mixture is blended well and cooked chicken pieces are minced properly. *** Grind it just enough so that you can feel the meat strands. Do not make it into a paste.
- Heat oil and add above mixture. Saute well for around 15 - 20 minutes.
- Allow chicken mixture to cool down. Meanwhile, mash the cooked potatoes well.
- Add chicken mixture to mashed potatoes. Mix it well.
- Make round balls and roll it into oval or other desired shapes.
- Beat egg well. Dip each cutlet in egg and then roll it with bread crumbs.
- Heat oil in a deep fry pan or kadai. Deep fry the cutlets until it's brown. Do it in batches. It would just take 2 to 3 minutes per batch. Use enough oil. Otherwise, you will find the cutlets cracking in the middle. Mistakes that I've done 🙂 You will get around 18 medium sized cutlets with this measurement. Serve it with tomato sauce. Enjoy 🙂
Nutrition
Serving: 139gCalories: 256kcalCarbohydrates: 24gProtein: 16gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 97mgSodium: 67mgPotassium: 297mgFiber: 2gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 198IUVitamin C: 7mgCalcium: 47mgIron: 1mg
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
Two weeks before I made it. I very sad to tell vit u. taste good ..but little bit more salty its in freezer now. Do you have any idea to make it correct.
Add more mashed potato to the cutlet mix to adjust the salt.
Thanks dear.
Hi,
How do I make fish cutlets? Is it the same recipe as chicken but substitute tuna?
yeah, you can substitute chicken with boneless tuna. Since tuna is more soft, make sure you just crush it and don’t really make it into a paste form. Enjoy
Do you think I can do it in the air fryer? I’ve made this recipe many times and it’s always great deep fried. But trying to be healthier…. Thanks
