This egg cutlet or the muttai cutlet is a great evening snack or a tea time snack. It can also be taken as a simple dinner too. This egg cutlet turns out to be super crispy on outside and soft on inside and tastes great with simple chilli sauce or tomato sauce or mayonise itslef.
Course:
Appetizer, Snack
Cuisine:
Indian
Keyword:
cutlet, Egg cutlet, egg kebab
Servings: 4
Calories: 200kcal
Author: Akila
Ingredients
Boiled potatoes - 2 big
Hard boiled eggs - 2 to 3
Green chillies - 2 chopped finely
Onion - 1 small size chopped finely
Chilli powder - 1 tsp
Coriander powder - 3/4 tsp
Salt as needed
Roasted cumin powder - 3/4 tsp
Garam masala - 3/4 tsp
Dry mando powder - 1/2 tsp
Ginger garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
Coriander leaves - 1/2 cup
Oil for frying
Instructions
Hard boil the eggs, remove the shells and keep it aside. Boil the potatoes, remove skin and keep it.
Now grate the boiled potatoes using a grater.
Roughly chop the hard boiled eggs and add to the potatoes. If you want to grate the eggs, you can grate and add them.
Mix the spices
To this, add the green chillies, onion, ginger garlic paste
Include the chilli powder, coriander powder and salt
Add the garam masala and dry mango powder
also add the finely chopped coriander powder and the roasted cumin powder
Mix all the masala well
Making cutlets
Now take a small lemon sized portion of the masala and flatten them nicely. If you feel the masala is sticky, then apply little oil on your palms.
Repeat the process with the entire masala.
In another bowl, break one egg and keep aside. In another plate add enough bread crumbs for coating.
Now dip the patties, in to the egg mixture and then roll on the bread crumbs, until the bread crumbs are well coated fully. Repeat the process with other patties too. Allow to rest for 10 to 15 minutes.
Fry the cutlets
In a wok, add enough oil for frying and heat it in medium flame. Once the oil is hot enough, add the patties slowly and in batches.
Keep rolling them, so that they are evenly fried on all sides.
Once the patties turn light golden, filter the oil and remove them.
Tasty and crispy Egg cutlets are ready to be served