Anelia's Cutlets

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef
• 5 eggs
• 1 teaspoon garam masala
• 1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
• ground black pepper
• pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano
• dried thyme, for the breadcrumbs (optional)
• salt
• breadcrumbs
• frying fat

Recipe

• 1 put the beef, 1 egg and all the spices (garam masala, nutmeg, and black pepper, cumin and oregano and salt) in a bowl and knead well; if the mixture becomes too watery add some crumbled bread, but be careful not to put too much.
• 2 heat the frying fat in a pan or fryer.
• 3 take from the mixture balls the size of a large walnut (1” in diameter), roll them into sticks and then flatten into ovals approximately 1/5” thick.
• 4 pour the breadcrumbs in a bowl or plate and add some dried oregano or thyme, some black or pepper (or both) and some nutmeg.
• 5 beat the rest of the eggs in a bowl; you might dilute them with water or milk but i don’t do it.
• 6 roll each cutlet in the breadcrumbs, then in the eggs and then again in the breadcrumbs before you put them in the hot oil.
• 7 fry until golden brown then take out and put on absorbing paper for a few minutes to drain the excess fat.
• 8 serve hot or at least warm (although i like them cold too).