Thursday, October 8, 2015

Beef Cutlet

Beef Cutlet is a very delicious dish you can keep on eating and never stop with one. This is the simple yet delicious recipe for preparing beef cutlet. This cutlet makes an easy and tasty appetizer for all occasions. This is my first try on beef cutlets and came out very yummy. This tastes yum with a cup of hot coffee and tea. Have a great evening friends :)


Ingredients:
Beef - 500 gms (cooked and shredded)
Onions - 3 large (chopped)
Garlic paste- 1 tsp
Ginger paste - 1 tsp
Green chillies - 5 nos (chopped)
Fresh Corriender leaves - handful
Potatoes - 6 nos (peeled, boiled and mashed)
Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp + ¼ tsp
Red chilli powder - ¼ tsp + ¼ tsp
Meat masala - 2 tbsp
Black pepper powder - ½ tsp + 1 tbsp
Garam masala - 1 tsp
Salt - to taste
Oil - 2 tbsp

For frying:
Oil - for deep/shallow frying
Egg - 2 nos (beaten)
Breadcrumbs & Rawa (mixed together) - 1 cup

Preparation:
- Cook Beef with pinch of turmeric, red chilli powder, black pepper powder and salt. Shred the beef and keep aside.
- Peel, boil and mash the potatoes with a pinch of salt and keep aside.
- Pour oil in a kadai and saute onions, garlic paste, ginger paste, green chillies, corriender leaves till onions turn translucent.
- Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, meat masala, pepper powder, garam masala and fry till raw smell goes.
- Add shredded beef to this mixture and saute for a minute. Switch off flame and keep aside the mixture to cool.
- When cooled, add the above mix to the mashed potatoes and mix well with hand. Add salt at this stage if required. Make cutlet patties in different shapes and sizes and keep aside.
- Roll each cutlet patty first in beaten egg, then in breadcrumbs and deep fry or shallow fry in oil.
- Serve hot with tomato hot and sweet sauce or chutneys.

Note:
- Adjust salt and spice as per taste.
- Cook beef with turmeric, red chilli, black pepper powder in a cooker for about 8-10 whistles.
- Adding garam masala to the mix in optional. I add them as I like the taste of it.