Easy Chicken cutlets recipe.

Hello friends,

I am so glad my recipes are being appreciated. This is motivating me try more interesting dishes which I can share with you all. Basically I don't like to spend too much time in the kitchen yet want to plate something interesting at meal time. That is my main theme behind my recipe posts.

Sometimes my husband and me are happy having soup and sandwiches for dinner instead of the routine sabzi roti. So mid week, I tried out an easy chicken cutlet recipe. While adding ingredients that are semi cooked, you don't have to deep fry the cutlets. So check out the ingredients and recipe below.

Ingredients

1/2 kg boneless chicken
1/2 tbsp ginger garlic paste
2 potatoes
1 onion
1 chilly
few coriander leaves
1/2 tsp garam masala
2 slices bread
Salt
pepper
2 eggs
1/2  cup oil for frying

Method

1. Boil the chicken with salt, pepper and ginger garlic paste until done. ( keep the stock to make a soup)

2. Boil the potatoes and mash it.

3. Now shred the chicken, add the mashed potato and bread slice. 

4. With a heavy hand knead it like a dough, mix in chopped onion, chilly, coriander leaves, garam masala and salt to taste. (taste and add salt as salt is present in chicken and bread too).

5. Egg is the binding agent so that the cutlets dont fall apart while frying, There are two variations to mix in the eggs. You can mix it in the dough or beat it and coat it in egg while frying. I personally like the second variation as it gives a good egg coating to the cutlet.

6. Now shape the cutlets in round shapes.

7. Dip into the beaten egg and shallow fry in a pan on both sides till golden brown.

Serve it with ketchup or chutney and enjoy it garma garam. And if Rain Gods shower their blessings you will enjoy it even more in the awesome mausam.

Iftaari Snack - Chicken Bread Pizza

Hello Friends.

So it's the month of Ramadan and during this month, Muslims traditionally fast daily from sunrise until sunset. After that they break their fast. The meal is known as iftar, is the most important part of the day. They break their fast with some khajoor and water, later savour home made delicacies and falooda to cool down.

Every year, I prepare some Iftaar treats for my neighbours and friends. This time I tried to make a chicken pizza with bread. But even the pizza sauce was made at home. The steps look elaborate but its not the case.
 

For the Pizza Sauce

INGREDIENTS
1⁄2cup chopped onion
2 tbsp  minced garlic
2 tbsp oil
1cup chopped fresh tomato
2 tbsp tomato ketchup
2 tbsp oregano
Salt to taste
Pinch of sugar

METHOD

1.Take a pan, add oil and  saute onion and garlic  until tender.
2.Stir in remaining ingredients.
3.Let it cook on slow fire for 30 minutes.

                  For making the pizza

INGREDIENTS

6 slices of white bread
1 cup boiled and shredded chicken 
1 cup pizza sauce
3 cheese cubes ( you can use cheese slice for each pizza too)
1 finely chopped capsicum
50 gms butter

METHOD

1. Preheat oven at 250degrees/ you can use a deep bottom fry pan with a lid too to make this bread pizza.
2.  Butter each slice of bread.
   
3.  Now spread the pizza tomato paste ( recipe is given above)
   
4. Add the topping of capsicum and shredded chicken
   
5. Sprinkle a handful of cheese on each slice to cover the entire slice.
6. Now transfer  the slices in the oven  and bake for 10-15 minutes till cheese melts. Or place in a lightly buttered pan and cover with lid. Cook this on low flame till cheese melts.
7. Cut into small squares or strips so that it can be easily picked up and eaten in one bite.
8. I  served it along with other items prepared. I had make chicken cutlets, mango custard and rose milk. 

Happy Feasting now