Dates-Apple Cutlet

Ingredients

Apple: 1

Banana/Plantain: 2

Dates: 10

Egg: 1         

Bread Crumps: 1cup

Oil: Deep Frying

Method Of Preparation

Boil and peel banana and mash it

Add in finely chopped dates and apple. If needed you can soak dates for 1 hour if not soft.

Mix it well.

Roll it into oblong shape, first dip in egg, then roll in bread crumps and deep fry in oil till all sides turns golden brown.

Serve hot.

Chicken Cutlet

Ingredients

Chicken: 1 breast piece

Potato: 1

Onion: 1

Green Chilli: 2

Ginger finely chopped: 1tsp

Garlic finely chopped: ¼ tsp

Garam Masala: ¼ tsp

Turmeric powder: ½ tsp + ¼ tsp

Coriander powder: ¼ tsp

Pepper powder: ¼ tsp

Salt: needed

Coriander leaves chopped: 2tbsp

Curry leaves: few

Egg:1

Bread crumps: 1 cup

Oil: for deep frying +2tbsp

Method Of Preparation

Pressure cook the chicken breast and potato by adding salt and ½ tsp turmeric powder. After cooking drain the water and keep aside. When cools shred the chicken and mash the potato.

Heat oil 2tbsp oil and sauté onion. When it becomes transparent add in green chilli, curry leaves, ginger and garlic. Saute for a minute.

Now add in turmeric powder, garam masala and coriander powder.

Stir and add in shredded chicken. Stir for 3 or 4 minutes in low flame.

Then add in mashed potato and salt if needed. Mix it well. Then add in coriander leaves and pepper powder and stir and switch off the flame. Let it cool.

Take egg and bread crumps in separate bowls.

Heat oil in a kadai.

Take the chicken mix and make small oblong balls, dip first in egg and then roll in bread crumps and deep fry in oil.

When turns golden brown, take out and serve with tea.

Crunchy Dates Stuffed Banana Cutlet

Ingredients

Dates: 10

Coconut grated: 4tbsp

Raisins and cashews: few

Banana/Plantain: 3big

Sugar: 2tbsp

Ghee: 1tbsp

Vermicelli: 1cup

Egg: 1 (if required only, if banana is ripe enough egg not required)

Oil: for deep frying

Method Of Preparation

Cook, peel and mash banana. Keep this aside.

Heat ghee in a pan, add in cashews and then raisins. Then add in coconut and add deseeded and chopped dates.

Stir in low flame for a while till the dates turn slightly smooth.

Add in sugar. Mix the filling well.

Take egg and vermicelli in separate bowls.

Take small balls from mashed banana, then just flatten it with the palm and add in 1tsp dates filling and roll it.

Then first dip in egg and then roll in vermicelli and deep fry it till all sides turns golden brown.

Tapioca Cutlet

Ingredients

Tapioca: 500gms

Oil: 3tbsp

Turmeric Powder: ¼ tsp

Garam Masala: ¾ tsp

Prepper powder: ¼ tsp

Green Chilli: 2

Onion: 1

Coriander leaves Chopped: 1tbsp

Bread Crumps: as needed

Egg: 1

Oil: for deep frying

Method Of Preparation

Cook and mash tapioca by adding salt, water and turmeric powder.

Heat 3tbsp oil in a pan and add finely chopped onion.

Sauté till it becomes transparent.

Then add in garam masala powder and pepper powder.

Then add the mashed tapioca to it.

Stir well and then after 2minutes add chopped green chilli and coriander leaves.

Let it cool. Beat egg and take egg crumps in separate bowl.

Make small balls from it and slightly flatten it.

Heat oil in a pan.

Dip the flattened mix first in egg then roll in bread crumps and deep fry in oil till both sides become golden brown.

Cabbage Cutlet

Ingredients

Cabbage chopped: 1 cup

Potato mashed: 1 big (cook by adding turmeric powder and salt)

Onion chopped: 4 tbsp

Green chilli chopped: 3

Carrot chopped: ¼ cup

Curry leaves chopped: few

Coriander leaves chopped: few

Bread Crumbs: needed

Egg: 1 (optional) (Can use light maida batter to coat instead of egg, I used Maida batter)

Oil: for deep frying.

Salt: needed

Method of Preparation

In a bowl add cabbage, onion, green chilli, carrot, curry leaves, coriander leaves, salt and mashed potato.

Knead well with the hand and make small balls from it and flatten it a bit.

In a bowl add bread crumbs and in another bowl take egg and beat well.

Heat oil in a pan; Dip each ball in the egg or maida batter and roll in bread crumbs.

Deep fry in oil till both sides becomes golden brown.

Serve hot with ketchup or any of your favorite dip.


This is our family favorite snack, which my mom used to make during our school days. I think so not only the keralites but this cutlet is done through out the southern states of India.

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