Pet-Puja: Chicken keema chop(croquettes)

Chop or croquette is one of the hot favorites of Bongs. There are various kinds of it, fish chop, mutton chop, chicken chop, aloor chop and what not chop. I tried this out at home the other night, it was so good that we ended up having just these yummy chops for dinner. I did bring my twist and stuffed few of the chops with cheese and the aberration was really well appreciated.

Ingredients:

Chicken breast - 1 piece, around ½ lb, finely chopped. (you can use keema, but I used whole piece)
Potato - 2 medium sized, boiled
Onion - 1 large, finely chopped
Turmeric powder - ½ tsp
Red Chilli powder - 1 tsp(Adjust according to your level)
Cumin powder - 1 tsp
Coriander powder - ½ tsp
Garam masala powder - ½ tsp
Ginger paste - 1 tsp
Garlic paste - ½ tsp
Eggs - 2
Corn flour - 2 Tbsp
Bread crumbs - ½ cup
Oil - for deep frying

Method:

1. Heat 1 Tbsp oil in a pan and add the chopped onions.

2. When onion turns translucent add ginger paste, garlic paste, red chilli, turmeric, cumin and coriander powder. Cook for a minute.

3. Add chopped chicken. Mix well and cook till chicken is cooked.

4. Add salt, garam masala and mix well. Remove chicken from pan and allow it to cool.

5. Put the chicken mix in blender and blend it till it becomes crumbly in texture, not really a paste.

6. Mash the boiled potatoes. Mix potato with chicken and mix well.
7. Divide the mix into small equal sized oblong balls(chop).
(I did a twist in few of them and stuffed shredded mozzarella cheese, which turned out pretty good)
8. Take a bowl and break in the eggs. Add 1 Tbsp water into it and beat it using a fork to form a smooth thin mix. Take corn flour and bread crumbs in two other plates.
9. Roll the chops in corn flour to get a slight coating, then dip in egg mix and then roll in bread crumbs to get an even coating.
10. Refrigerate the chops for an hour.