Vazhachundu Cutlet

Ingredients:

• Vazhachundu (the flower or cone of plantain plants) 1
• Grated coconut 2 Tbsp
• Green chilly 3 to 5
• Ginger 1 big piece
• Garlic 5 to 7 pods
• Curry leaves few
• Potato 2 med
• Onion 2 med
• Shallots 2 to 3
• Pepper pdr 1/2 Tsp
• Garam masala 1 Tsp
• Bread crumbs as rqd
• Water as rqd
• Maida 1 cup
• Oil

Chop vazhachundu and mix it well with little coconut and keep it aside. Boil potato, allow it to cool and mash it. Chop onion, ginger, garlic, curry leaves, chilly and shallots. Heat oil in a pan and add the chopped ingredients. Saute it and add salt, pepper pdr and garam masala. Add chopped vazhachundu into it and cook well. Make it dry. Allow it to cool and keep it aside. Then slowly add the mashed potato into the cooked vazhachundu and mix well. Make cutlets in desired shapes and keep it aside. Mix together maida and water and make a thick batter. Make bread crumbs from fresh bread slices. Then dip cutlets in maida batter and roll it in bread crumbs. Fry it.

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Mushroom Cutlet

Ingredients:

• Potato (cooked and mashed) 1 big
  
• Mushroom (sliced) 2 cup
  
• Cabbage 1/2 cup
  
• Carrot 1/2 cup
  
• Beans 1/2 cup
  
• Ginger  1 Tbsp
  
• Onion  1 big
  
• Corriander leaves 3 to 4 Tsp
  
• Garam Masala 1/2 Tsp
  
• Green Chillies  1 Tbsp
  
• Bread Crumbs 2 cup
  
• Lime juice 1/4 Tsp
  
• Pepper pdr 1 Tsp
  
• Maida 1/2 cup
  
• Water 
  
• Salt
  
• Oil 

Boil the potato and keep it aside. Saute all the chopped vegetables in oil, except mushroom and potato, by adding salt. After a few minutes, add the mushroom and fry it well.  Separately saute the onions and then add the cooked potato, ginger and chillies into it. Mix  the sauted mushroom mixture, garam masala, pepper pdr, salt, lime juice, corriander leaves and potato.  Make it into your desired shape.

Mix maida with required amount of water and make a thick batter. Then dip it in this batter and roll it in fresh bread crumbs and fry well.

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Veggie Soya Cutlet - Happy 100th Post...!!

Ingredients:

• Soya 1 cup
• Potato 2 med
• Onion 2 med
• Green chilly 5 to 6
• Garlic 3 to 4 pods
• Ginger 1 big piece
• Pepper pdr 1 Tsp
• Corriander pdr 1 Tsp
• Garam masala 1/2 Tsp
• Turmeric pdr 1 pinch
• Bread crumbs from fresh bread 1 cup
• Curry leaves
• Maida 1 cup
• Water as rqd
• Salt
• Oil

Boil water with salt. Cook soya in this water for 10 minutes. Remove from fire. After it cools down, squeeze out the excess water from the soya. Chop it well and keep it aside. Cook the potatoes, peel the skin, mash them and keep it aside. Chop the onion, ginger, garlic, curry leaves and chilly well. Heat oil in a kadai. Add the chopped vegetables and saute it. Add the chopped soya, salt, turmeric pdr, garam masala, corriander pdr and pepper pdr. Saute well till it becomes dry. Keep it aside. After cooling down, add the mashed potato into this mixture and mix well.

Mix together maida, little salt and adequate amount of water to make a batter. Keep it aside. Make bread crumbs from fresh bread by using a chopper or food processor. To make the cutlets, dip it in maida and roll it in fresh bread crumbs and fry it.

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Chemmeen(Shrimp) Cutlet

Ingredients:

• Shrimp 2 cup
• Onion ½ to ¾ cup
• Chilly 1 to 2
• Ginger 1/2 tsp
• Garlic ½ tsp
• Pepper pdr ¼ tsp
• Chilly pdr ¼ tsp
• Vinegar ½ tsp
• Fresh bread slices 3 to 4
• Egg 1
• Oil

Clean the shrimp and cook it with salt, vinegar and ginger. Mince it well. Heat oil in a pan and add chopped onion, chilly, ginger, garlic, chilly pdr and saute well. Add the minced shrimp and saute well till it turns dry. Separate the egg white and yolk. After cooling down, add salt and egg yolk. Mix well. Make bread crumbs from fresh bread by using a chopper or food processor. Then make the cutlets, dip it in egg white and coat it with bread crumbs. Fry it in oil.

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Beef Cutlet

Ingredients:

• Beef 1 kg
• Potato 1/2 kg
• Onion 1/2 kg
• Chilly 7 to 8
• Ginger 2 big pieces
• Garlic 3 to 4 pods
• Curry leaves
• Pepper pdr 2 tsp
• Garam Masala 1/2 to 1 tsp
• Bread crumbs from fresh bread
• Egg 2
• Oil
• Salt

Clean and cut the beef into big pieces. Cook the beef (in pressure cooker) with salt, pepper pdr and turmeric pdr till it turns tender. After cooling down, mince the beef. Cook the potatoes, peel the skin, mash them and keep it aside. Chop the onion, ginger, garlic, curry leaves and chilly well. Heat oil in a kadai. Add the chopped vegetables and sauté well till it becomes dry. Add the minced beef, salt, turmeric pdr, garam masala, and pepper pdr and sauté well for a few minutes and keep it aside. After cooling down the mixture, add the mashed potato into the beef and mix well. Beat the egg well. Make bread crumbs from fresh bread by using a chopper or food processor. Then make the cutlets, dip it in egg and coat it with bread crumbs. Fry it in oil.

[Fresh bread crumbs are better than the ready-made bread crumbs as it make the cutlet more crispy and will prevent it from being over fried.]

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