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Kerala beef cutlet with chorizo sausage.
Fusion food is a delectable dance of different cultures. Surprise your senses with a delectable flavour from Kerala. Keralas beef cutlet, Spanish chorizo sausage, Kalettes salad with Portuguese peri peri sauce infused Egyptian hummus dip.
When I was in the catering college I was very interested and surprised with cooking techniques with romantic-sounding names like “julienne” and “butterfly,” I was very surprised by the term “Standard Breading Procedure.
This method turns out a crispy, evenly browned crust that doesn’t fall off in the frying pan. And the meat that is insulated within stays moist and tender.
This method can be used to make pan-fried breaded preparations of food like, minced meat, chicken breasts, pork tenderloin, eggplant and so on. And you can always deviate from the standard by adding ingredients such as garlic, herbs, spices, mustards, and sauces into the assembly line.
My favorite kerala beef cutlet here is done with spices, minced beef and potatoes. You’ll want to take care with the breading. It’s a three-step process:
Dust the steaks lightly with cornstarch, coat them well with an egg mixture, then finish them with a layer of breadcrumbs. This is standard operating procedure among culinary pros. The three layers provide a more substantial crust than any other single coating or combo of coatings.
Kerala Beef Cutlets cooking instructions
Prep time – 5 Minutes
Cooking time – 40 minutes
Serves: 10 to 12
Ingredients to make kerala beef cutlet
Ground beef | ½ kg |
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Oil- 1½ tbsp | ½ tbsp |
Onion, chopped small | 3, large |
Ginger-garlic paste | 1tbsp |
Garam masala | ½ tsp |
Coriander powder | 1½ tsp |
turmeric powder | 1 tsp |
Fennel powder | 1 tsp |
Chili powder | ½ tsp ( up on your taste) |
Ground pepper | ½ tsp |
Salt | to taste |
Cilantro, chopped | 2 handfuls |
Cooked potatoes | 4, medium sized |
Other ingredients | |
Eggs | beaten- 2 |
Bread crumbs | To cover the cutlets |
Corn flour | To cover the cutlets |
Oil | to pan fry |
Method
- Cook the potatoes in water till very tender.
- Place a large wide pan over medium heat, add oil.
- Add onion, and a few pinches of salt; saute till translucent.
- Mix ginger-garlic paste, saute for a few minutes till onions turn light golden.
- Add garam masala, coriander powder, fennel powder, turmeric powder, chili powder, ground pepper and saute for few minutes.
- Add ground beef, break the lumps and cook very well.
- Combine well and cook till the beef is dry.
- Cool it and grind it in a blender (but not to a very fine paste)
- Break the cooked potatoes and add to the ground beef.
- Cook for few minutes and in the end add coriander leaves.
- Add salt to taste.
- Remove the pan from the heat and let cool down.
Making the cutlet:
- Using your hands, combine the ground beef mixture very well.
- Take a handful of the mixture, make into flat patties and place it on a plate. Refrigerate the patties for 30 minutes.
- Take the patties out of the refrigerator, let it sit for a few minutes.
- Beat the eggs in a bowl.
- Have the corn flour and bread crumbs ready on a plate.
- Heat oil in a frying pan, add enough oil to pan fry the cutlets.
- When the oil turns hot, dip the ground beef patties in corn flour ,egg and then coat it evenly with bread crumbs.
- Place the cutlets in oil and pan fry till both sides turn golden in color.
- Transfer to a paper towel to drain off the excess oil.
- Your kerala style beef cutlet is ready to serve
More similar recipes:
- Spiced sirloin steak
- Kappa biriyani
- Beef ularthiyathu
- Mutton seekh kebab
- Rogan Josh
- Spiced lamb rack
- Nadan lamb curry
- Pork Ularthu
- Egg curry and rice
Kerala beef cutlet
Ingredients
- 1/2 kg ground beef
- 3 onion chopped
- 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- 1/2 tsp garam masala
- 1 1/2 tsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp fennel powder
- 1/2 tsp chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp ground pepper
- 1 chopped coriander bunch
- 4 cooked potatoes medium sized
- salt to taste
other ingredients
- 2 beaten eggs
- bread crumbs to cover the cutlet
- corn flour to cover the cutlet
- oil to fry
Instructions
- Cook the potatoes in water till very tender.
- Place a large wide pan over medium heat, add oil.
- ) Add onion, and a few pinches of salt; saute till translucent.
- Add ginger-garlic paste, saute for a few minutes till onions turn light golden.
- Add garam masala, coriander powder, fennel powder, turmeric powder, chili powder, ground pepper and saute for few minutes.
- Add ground beef, break the lumps and cook very well.
- Combine well and cook till the beef is dry.
- Cool it and grind it in a blender ( but not to a very fine paste)
- Break the cooked potatoes and add to the ground beef.
- Cook for few minutes and in the end add coriander leaves. Add salt to taste.
- Remove the pan from the heat and let cool down.
- Using your hands, combine the ground beef mixture very well.
- Take a handful of the mixture, make into flat patties and place it on a plate. Refrigerate the patties for 30 minutes.
- Take the patties out of the refrigerator, let it sit for a few minutes.
- Beat the eggs in a bowl.
- Have the corn flour and bread crumbs ready on a plate.
- Heat oil in a frying pan, add enough oil to pan fry the cutlets.
- When the oil turns hot, dip the ground beef patties in corn flour ,egg and then coat it evenly with bread crumbs.
- Place the cutlets in oil and pan fry till both sides turn golden in colour.
- Transfer to a paper towel to drain off the excess oil.
- Your kerala style beef cutlet is ready to serve
The recipe and the breading is very similar to my grandmother’s, other than the Kerala spices, of course, but the fusion and the wreath presentation is fantastic – wow!
yummy! sounds really tasty!
Thanks a lot Mary.
Your food and artistry make me happy, love this dish and as always a brilliant plating.
Thanks a lot Suzanne. You are always very inspirational!!
Sumith, your plate looks wonderful! I was surprised to read your methodology constructing the beef patty (cooking the beef first, then grinding and combining it with other ingredients…) I will have to try this,
One thing I wanted to mention, although I’m sure you know this: When breading, if you want an even better crunchy surface, use Panko crumbs from Japan instead of regular breadcrumbs. They are superior!
Best wishes, Alex
Hi Alex, thanks for your inspirational words!! In this beef cutlet, its so smooth inside with a crunchy crust (bit same as potato crouquets with a flavour of beef and spices) I never tried Panko crumbs from Japan, will try to find it here in the market. Thanks for this great share of knowledge. Regards, Sumith.
Absolutely beautiful!!!
Thanks a lot Chef Mimi.
Thanks a lot Dolly. You are always very inspirational.
This looks amazing, Sumith. Thanks for the tip about the three layers for the coating. I do two and three but have never done the corn starch initial coat. That is very good to know.
Thanks a lot Robbie, using corn starch gives it a strong bind, and too if we fry it from cold, chances of breaking it while frying is very less. And too will be very crispy from outside.
I love cutlets and this one just made me drool ? Loved the creativity…perfect as always… ?
Thanks a lot Maniparna. You are always inspirational.
That’s so nice of you to say… ?
AH! Beef! That’s the first dish I looked for as soon as I saw the title of the website. ?
Hope you enjoyed it!!
Yum! I would happily have this for dinner!
Nell, I am very glad you liked it!
Un adevarat artist! Minunate toate preparatele, extraordinare! Felicitari!!!
Thanks a lot for this beautiful word’s! Had to translate the whole bunch of words??