Parsi chicken cutlet (patties)
A recipe from the Parsi community based out of Mumbai, that I am so personally fond of. A great tea time snack and a party appetizer too!
Equipment
- Shallow cooking pot
Ingredients
- 500 g chicken mince (keema)
- 250 g potatoes boiled and mashed
- 1 medium onion finely chopped
- 2 tbsp chilis finely chopped
- 1½ tbsp ginger garlic pate
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp chilli powder
- 2 tbsp garam masala
- 1 tbsp coriander powder
- 4 tbsp coriander leaves finely chopped
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup bread crumbs
- 1 tsp black pepper powder optional
- ¼ cup oil for shallow frying
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Wash the chicken mince well and drain off the water. Keep it in a mixing bowl and massage it using your fingers for a minute or two
- To this add all other ingredients (except the oil, eggs, bread crumbs and pepper)
- Mix the mince mixture very well, so that everything is evenly incorporated. Pinch out lemon sized balls, from this and shape then into patties
- Coat each of them in bread crumbs and arrange them on a plate/tray. Refrigerate these, so that they set, for an hour or minimum of 15 minutes, if you are short on time
- Break and beat the eggs in a bowl, along with a tablespoon of water and the pepper. Also, heat your cooking pot with the oil. Dip each crumb coated patty in it (drain off any excess) and drop it in the oil
- Fry the chicken cutlets, over medium low heat (this is important) for 3-4 minutes on each side. When done, remove on absorbent kitchen towels
- Serve your extremely yummy Parsi chicken cutlets or patties with some ketchup and some masala chai and enjoy!
Notes
- If your chicken mince mixture feels too moist and is not holding shape (step 3), add some bread crumbs to soak the extra moisture off
- It is important that you fry the patties over a medium low flame. If on high, the egg coating will cook keeping the mince mixture inside, undercooked
- These quantities yielded 13 big sized chicken patties
- 1 cup = 250 millilitres
- tbsp - tablespoon
- tsp - teaspoon
- g - grams