Beef Cutlets

Submitted by Girl from India

"This is my cutlet recipe. I add with a little grated coconut added for a twist sometimes. I like to serve these with a tomato sauce or a dipping sauce, as an accompaniment to Pulao and raita or even dal and rice. Not very sure of the yield as it varies depending on the size of my cutlets. I do not like monotony so the the sizes vary ;)"

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 20
• Yields: 16 cutlets

ingredients

• 1⁄2 kg beef mince (as fine as you can get or you can give it one round in a blender)
• 2 tablespoons soya sauce
• 2 tablespoons lime juice or 2 tablespoons vinegar (I use vinegar mostly)
• salt (take into consideration the amount of salt that is in the soya sauce you use)
• 3⁄4 inch cube gingerroot, minced fine (I sometimes use even more)
• 6 -8 cloves garlic, minced fine
• 1 teaspoon cumin seed, roasted and ground
• 1 teaspoon coriander seed, roasted and ground (I make my own cumin and coriander powders this way and keep them in airtight bottles for upto a week)
• 1 teaspoon cayenne powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon garam masala powder
• 3 onions, minced fine
• 12 mint leaves, chopped
• 1⁄2 bunch cilantro, chopped
• 2 green chilies (deseeded and chopped fine)
• 1 1 cup desiccated coconut or 1 cup unsweetened coconut (if you are using dessicated coconut or unsweetened coconut instead of the fresh then soak in 1/2 cup) (optional)
• black pepper
• 1 egg, beaten
• semolina or breadcrumbs, to coat
• oil, for shallow frying

directions

1. Mix all upto the egg ingredients well.
2. (You can blend them together too to a coarse paste for a variation) Form into 16-18 cutlets that are of a diameter of around 2 inches when flattened or make them 3 inches across so get around 11-12.
3. Coat with the bread crumbs or semolina (I prefer the semolina).
4. Heat a little oil in a pan (maybe a tblsp per round) to a medium high and shallow fry on low for around 5-6 minutes on each side (as many as the pan can take per round) or till they are cooked to the level you like.
5. Add a little more oil if you require.
6. I normally use non-stick pans and so need a minimum of oil.
7. (1 litre lasts over a month and a half in my household).

Reviews

[Latchy]

These were just so tasty, followed the recipe exactly, used desiccated coconut with the 1/2 cup of water, but didn't actually get a coconut flavour. I used 2 Jalapeno chillies (green) so they were rather spicy and made my cutlets big so only got 8 of them. Great recipe.