Deconstructed cutlet pie

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Preparation time : 35-40 minutes

Cooking Time : 25 – 30minutes

Serves : 4 members

Description

Deconstructed cutlet pie . I first came across this deconstrution of a dish in a satellote tv channel competition held among chefs . At first I didn’t understand what it meant , mainly because most of the dishes deconstructed by the chefs were new to me . Only after watching a few episodes , my mind suck in the real concept . It’ s just that you have to use the same ingredients used for a dish and reconstruct it to another form . Simple but you have to be innovative , that’s the key to deconstructed. I will not take credit for this dish as I came across this recipe in a food blog called mallu kitchen run by Reshma Nooh of Cochin . Tried it and wolla it was yum . I have used brown bread for the base as I was out of stock of white bread . It tasted exactly like cutlet but was served in pie form . Have to mention how one naned dish mean different things around the globe . Wired but its true . CUTLET in lndia means the round (or any desired shaped ) patties mainly made with potato mixed with other ingredients of choice , coated in bread crumbs and shallow fried . But the same word CUTLET in Australia means a find cut part of meat with its bone neatly carved (we call it as mutton chops in lndia ) . So folks where ever you are make sure the dish in mind is what you think it is . ….

Ingredients

Ingredients
Quantity
Bread10 slices ( edges cut and cut small circles in the size that fit exactly into your muffin tray or ramekins )
Butterto grease and to dot
Egg1
Cutlet mixture3 cups
Mashed potato mixture3 cups

Ingredients for cutlet mixture

Ingredients
Quantity
potato1/2 kg ( boiled , peeled and mashed )
chicken200 gm (boneless )
Turmeric powder 1/4 tea spoon
onion3 chopped
garam masala powder 1/4 tea spoon
green chillies4 crushed
ginger garlic paste 1/2 tea spoon
chilli flakes 1 tea spoon
coriander leaves 2 table spoon chopped
mint leaves1 table spoon chopped pepper
saltto taste
lime juice 1/2 lime

Method for cutlet mixture

  1. boil chicken with turmeric powder , ginger garlic paste and salt to taste . Cook till dry n shred the chicken .
  2. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a non stick kadai . Add onions and green chillies and fry to translucent .
  3. Add all the other ingredients one by one except for lime . Sauté till all the flavours infuse together .
  4. Remove from flame and add lime juice .Mix well taste and adjust set aside and cool .
  5. can substitute chicken with mutton keema or fish . Vegetarians can add paneer , soya chunks or more veggies like carrot , beet root , cauliflower , cabbage , beans , green peas and capsicum .

Ingredients for potato mash

Ingredients
Quantity
potatoes400 grams
butter chopped20 grams
hot milk1/4 cup
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
Chilli flakesto taste
Maida 1 tablespoon

Method for potato mash

  1. Peel potatoes and cut into large pieces . Cook in a large saucepan of boiling salted water for 20 minutes or until very tender but not falling apart.
  2. Drain potatoes well. Return to saucepan over low heat.
  3. Shake pan gently until any remaining water evaporates. Using a potato masher, roughly mash potatoes.
  4. Add butter , maida and hot milk , to potatoes. Beat with a wooden spoon until fluffy. Season with salt , chilli flakes and pepper . Set aside .

How to proceed

  1. Pre heat an oven to 180 degree Celsius .
  2. Grease a muffin tray or ramekins with butter . Place the bread circles on the bottom . Dot with butter . Mix the egg with the cutlet masala .
  3. Top about 1 1/2 tablespoons of the cutlet mixture over the bread . Level it . Dot with butter .
  4. Pipe the potato mash over the cutlet layer or can just spread evenly over . Finally dot with butter .
  5. Bake in the pre heated oven for 20 to 30 minutes until you get a golden crust on top . Remove and cool .
  6. Run a knife around . Turn into a plate . Place the cutlet pie straight with the potato mash layer on top .
  7. Serve hot with tomato sauce or any dip of your choice .
  8. vegetarians can avoid adding one beaten egg and chicken ( add veggies , soya chunks or paneer instead ) to the cutlet mixture and follow the same recipe for the veg version .
  9. Leave the vegetarian cutlet mixture a bit moist , so after you bake your cutlet pie does not turn dry .