| TRADITIONAL
ENGLISH RECIPES
CHICKEN
CUTLET
This is a wonderfully
unusual way to cook a cutlet. I doubt there is another recipe like this
one!
Cooking it to this recipe will produce a totally
authentic dish that will appeal to a wide range of palates - both
European and Asian. Once
again,
this is so TASTY as the mix of flavours is really astonishing. Serve
with
a non expensive white wine and/or a jug of water with lemon slices and
ice cubes.
This recipe
will make enough for 8 good sized portions. Divide everything by 2 for
a standard meal.
Ingredients:
1 kg chicken
meat - chopped into small pieces
100 g onions
50 g ginger
5 g cinnamon
powder
10 g turmeric
10 g garam
flour (besan)
3 green chillies
- chopped up
50 g plain
flour
2 eggs - whisked
in a bowl
125 g bread
crumbs
100 g tomatoes
100 g cucumber
300 ml cold
water with a pinch of salt
Method:
1. Peel the
onions and the ginger pieces. DO NOT chop them up.
2. Put the
whole onions and ginger pieces into the cold, salted water and bring to
the boil. Add the chicken pieces.
3. Boil the
chicken (with the onions and ginger) until the meat is cooked. Once
cooked,
remove the meat but keep the onions and ginger. Put the meat to one
side
and allow to cool.
4. Once cool,
put the chicken, the ginger and the onions through a mincer.
5. Put the
resulting chicken/ginger/onion mixture into a bowl and add the
cinnamon,
garam flour, turmeric and chopped chillies. Mix together well.
6.
Add a pinch of salt and
divide the chicken mixture into 8 equal sized pieces.
7.
Mould each portion of
the chicken mixture into a flatish medallion shape about 5 mm thick.
Dust
each medallion with plain flour, place into a bowl of whisked eggs,
remove
and coat with bread crumbs.
8.
Repeat this for all 8
medallions (cutlets).
9.
Heat a little oil in
a frying pan and fry the cutlets on both sides until golden brown. Take
care not to burn them on the outsides.
These chicken cutlets are
best served with a salad and a garnish of sliced tomato and
cucumber.
A small bowl of mango (or any other flavour) chutney adds a little
'something'.
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