EGG CUTLET

         Cutlets!....no one refuses to try one I am sure! This yummy cutlet goes well as a tea time snack and also as a side dish with meals. Healthy and delicious egg cutlets are wholesome in itself to fill the stomach, especially for fussy eaters. Here I am sharing the recipe...

                                                              

                                                      

         Ingredients

• Potato- 6-7 no.
• Egg- 5
• Onion - 1 large chopped
• Chilli- 2 chopped
• Coriander- half cup chopped
• Cumin powder- 1\2 tsp
• Ginger paste- 1\2 tsp
• Garlic paste- 1 tsp
• Mango powder- 1 tsp
• Chaat masala- 1 tsp
• Tumeric- 1\2 tsp
• Flour- 2 tsp
• Water- a cup
• Breadcrumbs- 200 gm
• Salt to taste
• Oil for frying

         Method

• Boil and cook the potatoes with turmeric.
• Drain the water immediately once it is cooked.
• Now, hard boil the eggs, peel and cut it into two halves each vertically.
• Take the boiled potatoes in a bowl, smash it, add chili, coriander, cumin powder, ginger paste, garlic paste, mango powder, and chaat masala. Mix it well.
• Fry the onions till it turns brown. Add this fried onion into the potato mixture.
• Now apply oil in your palm and take a handful of potato mixture. Make a ball and flatten it, put a piece of egg on it and then coat with the potato mixture and give a cylindrical cutlet shape to it. Likewise, make all egg cutlets and keep aside.
• Now make a batter of flour and water. Dip a cutlet into it and coat with breadcrumbs. Continue with the rest of the cutlets one by one.
• Now heat oil in a pan, fry the cutlets in medium flame till it turns golden.
• Serve it hot with green chutney or tomato sauce.

Chicken with Pickled Ash Gourd

Pickled ash gourd can be made by storing the pieces of ash gourd dipped in vinegar with few herbs of one's choice to make it flavourful as required for the recipe. Refrigerate it for a week or two. Chicken curry or chicken stew made with pickled ash gourd is a unique recipe that my mom has innovated. It gives a taste of pickle and the addition of chicken along with all the spices to it enhances the flavor of the curry to heaven! Here are two recipes of chicken made with pickled ash gourd.

  Ingredients:

• Ash gourd- 1kg (deseed it and cut into medium sized square shape)
• White vinegar- 2 tbsp
• Clove- 10 no. grounded
• Cinnamon- 4 inches grounded
• Cardamom- 7 no. crushed
• Bay leaf- 2
• Chicken- 1kg
• Refined oil- 7tbsp
• Chilli powder- 1 Tsp
• Meat masala- 2 tbsp
• Turmeric- 2 tsp
• Onion- 3 no. chopped
• Ginger- 1-inch paste
• Garlic- 10-12 cloves paste
• Sugar- 1 tbsp
• Salt to taste

  Method for ash gourd pickle:

• Take a glass bowl, put the ash gourd pieces, vinegar, 1inch grounded cinnamon, 4 cardamoms crush, 3 cloves crush and half teaspoon of garlic ginger paste. Mix it well and store overnight.

  Chicken Stew with Pickled Ash Gourd

  Method:

• Take the chicken bones and put it into a pressure cooker, add a liter of water, bay leaves and salt.
• Close the lid and cook it till 6 to 7 whistles.
• Then add half of the stored ash gourd pickle to the chicken and close the lid to get two more whistles.
• Garnish with chilies and onion. Serve it hot.

 Chicken Curry with Pickled Ash Gourd

 Method:

• Take the boneless chicken (optional) and add sugar to it.
• Now heat refined oil in a pan and put the chicken into it.
• Add chopped onion and stir.
• Add ginger garlic paste, meat masala, chili powder, turmeric, and salt to it.
• When the chicken is half cooked then add the pickled ash gourd into it.
• Add water as required for the curry and cook till it is tender.
• Serve it with rice or paranthas.