Chicken Cutlet

                    Cutlets....there are various types of cutlets - fish cutlet, prawn cutlet, sardine cutlet, mutton cutlet, vegetable cutlet......and the list goes on and on. Quite frankly, it is more or less the same method to make all these cutlets. I make chicken cutlets quite often. Some recipes need the chicken and some ingredients to be cooked first but I just mix all of them together and then fry the cutlets. Below is a very easy and quick method to make these cutlets.

Ingredients: 


Chicken fillets - 500 grams
Onions - 2 big       )
Garlic - 6 cloves   )   Chop all these into tiny pieces
Ginger - 1 " piece )
Green chilly - 3    )
Potatoes - 2
Chilly powder - 1 tbsp
Tumeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Breadcrumbs - 1/2 cup
Egg - 1 Gred A
Coriander leaves chopped  - a few springs

How To Make:

1. Boil the potatoes, mash them and keep aside.
2. Cut the chicken fillets into small pieces, pulse them using the blender to mince them and keep aside.
3. Put the mashed potatoes, minced chicken, the onions, garlic, ginger and green chillies which have been cut into small pieces into a big bowl.
4. Now add in the chilly powder, tumeric powder, breadcrumbs, egg, coriander leaves, a bit of salt and just mix it all together.
5. Take small portions, roll them into a ball and flatten them between the palms to give a round slightly flatten shape and fry them in the oil till golden brown. 

   

Moist Chocolate Cake

                    

Hmm.... I love chocolate and what more a moist chocolate cake! My children just love this cake and whenever I make it, it's finished within 24 hours. I found out after various attempts that one should make a chocolate cake using good quality cocoa. Yes, I used Delfi cocoa powder to make this cake and it turned out delicious. As for the topping, I didn't use cream instead I used milk and butter and it turned out OK.

Ingredients:
250 gm flour
225 gm butter
  60 gm cocoa powder
250 ml  milk
150 gm castor sugar
   2 eggs 
   1 tsp (10 gm) baking powder
   1 tsp (6 gm) baking soda
   1 tsp vanilla essence
   1 tsp nescafe granules
 1/2 tsp salt

How to make:

1. Preheat oven to 170°C. Grease and flour a 20 cm round cake pan.
2. Beat  butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.  
3. Add egg one at a time beating well after each addition.  
4. Stir in the vanilla essence.
5. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Heat up the milk until warm and stir in the cocoa powder and nescafe granules until both have dissolved. 
6. Gradually fold in the flour mixture alternatively with milk mixture.
7. Turn the batter into the cake pan and bake at 170° C  for about 40 minutes. 
8. Check whether the cake has been baked by inserting a wooden pick into the center of the cake. It should come out clean.
9. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from the pan and transfer the cake to a wire rack to cool completely.
10. When cool, cover the cake with chocolate frosting. 

    
Chocolate Frosting 

Melt about 150 gm of cooking chocolate in a medium bowl set over (not in) a saucepan of simmering water, stirring until it has melted. Then add in about 3 tbsp of butter and 2 tbsp of milk and mix it well into the melted chocolate until combined and smooth. Pour over the cake.