Mutton Cutlets

These are best tea time snacks. Whenever mom makes these I ve so enjoyed them from the making of it to the eating of it. Best when they are eaten hot, tastes yum when they are cold as well; this snack is an all-day thing to eat.

Ingredients:

Mutton (minced)- 250g

Potatoes- 5 medium sized

Onions- 2 big

Green chillies – 3

Tomato- 1 big

Ginger-garlic paste- 1 tbsp

Turmeric powder- 1 tsp

Red chilli powder- 2 tsp

Coriander powder- 1 tsp

Cumin powder- 1 tsp

Garam masala- 1 ½ tsp

Pepper powder – 2 tsp

Egg- 2

Bread crumbs- 1 cup

Salt- to taste

Oil – 3 tbsp

RECIPE:

          In a pressure cooker, add the minced mutton, water, turmeric powder, salt and cook it for 15-20 minutes. Keep it aside. Do not drain the excess water.

          Boil potatoes with a pinch of salt. Mash them well and keep aside.

          In a kadai, add oil and splutter finely chopped green chillies. Then add finely chopped onions and sauté them till they are caramelised. Now add ginger garlic paste and fry till the raw smell is off. Add tomatoes and a pinch of salt and cook well till they are mashed.

          Add the masalas given and add a cup (100ml) of the mutton stock and cook well the masalas are cooked. Now add the remaining stock and simmer till the gravy turns dry.

          Add the mashed potato and blend the masala into the potato. Once done add the minced mutton and salt and mix well. Leave them on a low flame for 10 minutes turning them over every two minutes.

          Put the flame off and add pepper powder, mix well keep it aside and let them cool.

          Break open the eggs in a shallow bowl, whisk them well adding a pinch of salt and keep them aside.

          Spread the bread crumbs on a flat plate.

          Make small balls of the mince mutton, flatten them into small rounds. Wash them with egg and coat them with bread crumbs. Shallow fry in hot oil, making sure not to burn the bread crumbs.

The tastiest mutton snack is ready to serve.

          Tastes good if eaten as it is , or when it is inside a burger or with biriyani or with sambar/rasam/curd rice. Name anything, you can eat cutlets with them.