Thursday, December 13, 2007

Mum's Parsi Cutlets



Have been eating these cutlets made by mum since as long as i can remember...They are light, yummy and best mopped up with bread and a light salad.A glass of wine to wash it down would complete a wholly satisfying meal.
Initially I was a bit worried about the fact that I are frying the cutlets raw without pressuring the mince first, but I soon discovered in between many frantic calls to mum that they cooked just fine. And subsequently had a discussion with Uzi about how at her home in Aligarh they too make kache keeme ke kabab, have to get hold of that recipe next.

For the Cutlets
1/2 kilo minced mutton/ keema

2 large onions mash/grate
1 or 2 whole bulb garlic (grind)
2 inch ginger (grind)
1 or 2 green chili
a liberal sprinkling of freshly ground pepper
Coriander leaves/ haradhanya (Lots of it! as mum says the more haradhanya the better)
A little haldi powder
1 spoon besan
2 eggs
2 slices of bread (wet them and squeeze them dry, crumble in to keema)

Take a large bowl/plate and nicely mix the cleaned raw keema with all the above ingredients,
make large round cutlets out of the mixture. If you find the consistency is too liquid add more egg and bread till you get a consistency that holds.
Fry the cutlets till both sides are nice and brown in a shallow pan with a little olive oil. The pan should be hot, and cover the cutlets for a while so that they cook.
Place them in a bowl.

For the Sauce
Grind 6-7 tomatoes with a little sugar in the mixie
Separately grind to a paste;
1 or 2 red chillies
a little garlic and ginger
Cinnamon

In a pan lightly fry the paste and then add the tomato gravy and lightly simmer. Pour the gravy over the cutlets and serve!

4 comments:

meg said...

Wah! won't you come here soon so we can share these demonstrations... i have a fully equipped kitchen and some very good wines waiting.love

Prashant Miranda said...

Pallavi, what a good idea this blog....thanks for including me.

Shall give you the apple pie recipe soon.
Love.

RV said...

Apple pie recipe please.

Anonymous said...

No potato in your recipe? Rava?