A Cutlet or Croquette is a popular snack made from grounded meat or vegetables. Chicken Cutlets are my favorite. We have a famous food chain in Kerala known as the “Indian Coffee House”. Again, popular for its Ghee Roast, Kerala Poratta and Chicken Curry, we also get yummy Chicken Cutlets there. My fond memories go back to those days when we visited these restaurants on our way to Dad’s home. Haa! South Indian Filter Coffee and hot Chicken Cutlets! You simply go Yummmm….
This recipe is based on how we make in Kerala- the southern state of India. Easy to make, this is undoubtedly going to be your go-to dish when you’ve guests at home.
Ingredients
- 200 gms Boneless Chicken minced
- 1/4 cup Onion finely chopped
- 1/2 tsp Ginger Garlic paste
- 2 Green chillies finely chopped
- 1 Potato boiled and mashed
- 1 tsp pepper powder
- 1 tsp Garam Masala
- 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
- 1 egg white beaten
- 1 sprig curry leaves finely chopped
- oil for deep frying
- Salt to taste
Servings: cutlets
Instructions
- Cook the minced chicken in 1 tsp oil. Remove to cool.
- In a pan, add 2 tsp of oil and add onion. Saute till soft. Add green chillies, ginger-garlic paste and curry leaves. Saute again.
- Add the cooked chicken and mix. Add pepper powder. garam masala powder, salt. Mix and cook for a couple of minutes. Remove to cool.
- Add mashed potato and mix well. Make desired shapes from the mixture- heart, balls or circles for example.
- Dip each in beaten egg whites, then coat with breadcrumbs (unfortunatley I didn't have them and coated with powdered corn flakes), and deep fry in oil.
- Serve with tomato ketchup and chopped onion.
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Vinay Leo R. says
April 8, 2016 at 5:56 pmI haven’t had chicken cutlets… ever. Always the veggie version. So this is one I look forward to trying.
Shantala says
April 5, 2016 at 10:00 pmPinning this. The shape is an interesting idea. Will use my cookie cutters to shape them. Thank you for sharing. <3
Aseem says
April 5, 2016 at 2:39 amThey look so tasty :). I guess with your foodie posts, the pics are more than enough to make the readers drool :D.
Stephen says
April 4, 2016 at 11:25 pmI love this… Yum..
Reema D'souza says
April 4, 2016 at 10:38 pmYummy! Shalini if you were in Bangalore I would have invited myself to your place 😛 Yeah call me shameless but your posts with these recipes are amazing. Anything that has chicken in it, I love it!
Pam Margolis says
April 4, 2016 at 9:29 pmwow that looks super yummy. when can i come to your house to eat?
Tina Basu says
April 4, 2016 at 8:03 pmsuper cute and super yum. I am bookmarking ur blog!
Soumya says
April 4, 2016 at 7:48 pmI loveeeeeeeeeeeeeee chicken cutlet! They are so crispy and soft at the same time!
These look delicious! 🙂
Sheethalsusan says
April 4, 2016 at 7:06 pmYou have go to the Indian Coffee House in Shahumugan beach? They used to serve such yummy cutlets. Oh! How i used to love to munch on them!
Bhavya says
April 4, 2016 at 6:44 pmChicken cutlets are just yummm!!! And Indian coffee house is a favourite at hometoo 😀
rajlakshmi says
April 4, 2016 at 6:30 pmHow long did you cook the mince… This one I can try on weekend. Looks so yummy!! 😀
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Shalini says
April 4, 2016 at 6:38 pmMince gets cooked easily. Hardly took about 10 mins! Thanks for dropping by, Raj!
vinodini says
April 4, 2016 at 5:12 pmSimply yum! Cutlets in any form are welcome. Your recipe looks easy to make. Back in Andhra, we make cutlets from raw bananas and peanuts. That’s also a yummy treat!
Cynthia Rodrigues Manchekar says
April 4, 2016 at 3:49 pmThe cutlets, as always, look appetising. Will make your dishes soon.
Novemberschild says
April 4, 2016 at 2:04 pmChicken cutlet is a very easy to make dish. One advantage of this is you can prepare the keema (cutlets before frying) & store it in your freezer for 1 month. It comes to your rescue when you have a surprise guest for lunch or dinner. It can be also served as an evening snack.
JazzFeathers says
April 4, 2016 at 2:03 pmSounds so good!
We do a very similar dish here in Italy, to reused meat leftovers. We don’t use spices, but all the rest is basically teh same. We call it ‘polpette’. My draddad usd to do them 🙂
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Ramya Joyce Samantha DRozario says
April 4, 2016 at 1:57 pmYou’ve got cutlets too! Loved the post.
Dixita says
April 4, 2016 at 1:02 pmYummiza …
I am veggy but I won’t mind picking the cute heart shaped cutlets n eat them ☺
Modern Gypsy says
April 4, 2016 at 11:30 amThat looks yummy! One more for the recipe file!!
Karan says
April 4, 2016 at 11:18 amnot just culinary skills but the presentation makes it more tempting!
Roshan Radhakrishnan says
April 4, 2016 at 10:23 amDamn… how did I not guess C would be cutlets after the pic you showed yesterday… I was thinking of all silly names and variations.
Shalini says
April 4, 2016 at 10:43 amYour guess was funny! 😛
Sunila Vig says
April 4, 2016 at 7:03 amWow reads yum and am sure tastes yum. I will cook them as part of dinner for tonight. tks for the inspiration Shalz 🙂
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Shalini says
April 4, 2016 at 10:44 amWoohoo! Thanks, Sunila. Let me know how it turns out.
My Era says
April 4, 2016 at 2:27 amWow! The addition of potato and curry leaves made these an interesting twist for me.
Great going with the series Shalzzz 😀
Making notes to try all your recipes soon 🙂
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Shalini says
April 4, 2016 at 10:45 amYou definitely should. 🙂
This is pretty easy once all the ingredients are in place.
Aathira says
April 4, 2016 at 1:52 amMy mom makes excellent beef cutlets which I am a huge fan of. Should try with chicken too. Btw I love those heart shapes you have given them <3
Shalini says
April 4, 2016 at 10:46 amOhhh.. Beef cutlets, Yummm! I miss home now 🙁
Thanks for dropping by, Aathira!
Heena says
April 4, 2016 at 12:42 amAwesome recipe and i must say looks yummy too.. but unfortunately i am trying to turn to vegetarian and have turned almost 80%.. do post any veg recipe if you can.. would love to read them.
Shalini says
April 4, 2016 at 10:47 amI have chosen 26 chicken dishes for the challenge, Heena. Will definitely post vegetarian dishes once April gets over!
Thanks for dropping by 🙂
Inderpreet Kaur Uppal says
April 4, 2016 at 12:11 amYummy! My favorite…actually anything with chicken is…. I make them too but without breadcrumbs.
Shalini says
April 4, 2016 at 10:49 amI tried a few without breadcrumbs. But failed miserably! They were falling apart.
Please tell me if you used any other ingredient as a binding agent.