Chingri Cutlet Recipe || Bengali Style Chingri Macher Cutlet

It’s facts that the Bengalis have a vast array of fast food dishes. During their Puja, versatile food trucks and the food stall will be visible for you everywhere. Chingri cutlet recipe is one of these recipes which can be taken as Bengali fast food grace.

However, for making this fabulous Bengali Style Chingri Macher Cutlet dish, you need peeled and fully divined headless prawns. Then these prawn fillets require to be best marinated in egg, onion and your garlic paste with spices then it will be coated in breadcrumbs and finally fry it in low flame.

Top two methods of Chingri Cutlet Recipe;

Ingredients of Chingri Macher Cutlet

• Six prawns
• Two tablespoon of the garlic paste
• Two teaspoon of garam masala powder
• salt just for taste
• one cup of gram flour
• three tablespoon of onion paste
• one and half tablespoon red chili powder
• two large egg
• two cup bread crumbs
• refined oil according to requirement

Method #1

Step #1

First of all, you have to take a large bowl and then add garlic paste, onion paste, red chili powder, garam masala powder, two eggs, and salt. Then mix all these ingredients very well and dip the prawn pieces into this bowl. You have to make sure that each piece has an even coating of the mixture.

Step #2

In this step, you have to cover the bowl by using a cling film and then refrigerate the marinated prawns for almost half an hour. Now, in another bowl just add your bread crumbs along with the gram flour. Mix it very well and take out the prawns from your refrigerator. Coat the refrigerated prawns with these bread crumbs mixture and you have to refrigerate again for a minimum of ten minutes.

Step #3

Place a simple pan over medium flame and then pour oil in it. Once this oil is hot, you have to drop the marinated prawns into it one by one and also deep fry them until they turn very crispy and light brown in color from all of its sides. Once done, then remove it from the heat and place it over a stack of simple paper towels in order to soak up all the extra oil.

Step #4

Your best and unique Bengali Style Prawn Cutlet is now ready to serve. Serve it very hot with some sliced onions and enjoy it.

Ingredients of Prawn Cutlets Goan Recipe:

• Four prawn fillet
• One medium-size Onion paste
• One tbsp Garlic paste
• Half tbsp red chili powder
• One tsp garam Masala powder
• One Egg beaten
• Salt just for seasoning

For making cutlet

• One cup of bread crumbs
• One cup of besan(gram flour)
• Vegetable Oil just for frying

Method #2

Step #1

For making cutlets first we have to start with marinating prawn fillets. Cover these fillets with the best aluminum foil and flatten fillets before marinating it with a meat pounder or flat ladle.

Step #2

In a simple mixing bowl add the egg, garlic paste, one onion paste, chili powder,garam masala powder, and salt then stir constantly to make a smooth thin paste.

Step #3

Dip these fillets to coat the paste, cover, and refrigerate it for almost one hour. Then in a flat tray/plate, you have to add besan and simple bread crumbs and mix.

Step #4

Lastly, you need to heat oil in a deep frying pan. Then just heat the oil and simmer it ten. Gently place all of many cutlets at a time and then fry for ten minutes, the outer color of the cutlets will be light brown. Fully Drain in a paper towel for removing excess oil. Serve hot with mustard sauce.