July 16, 2017

Cheesy Chicken Fritters

One of the annual occurrences at this time of the year is that wifey dear usually binges on meat dishes just before the holy month of Shravan begins. It is her job to pick out the meat and my job to cook it (LAUGHS!!!). On this beautiful Sunday afternoon she picked out chicken, which gave me a wide variety of options to cook. I was in the mood of gameday food since my favorite tennis championship was going on and came up with these crispy, delectable “CHEESY CHICKEN FRITTERS”.

Holy Month – Shravan !!

The Ganesh festival, which is one of the biggest festivals in my home state of Maharashtra begins next month. For a month leading up to the festival people celebrate the holy month of Shravan. During this time a lot of people tend to give up eating meat. Wifey dear just happens to be one of them and I am not. I love my food too much to give up anything for even a few days let alone the entire month. Fortunately for me I can cook a little. it means I can make anything I want, and wifey dear being a good sport doesn’t mind me doing that. But I am a good husband who supports his wife every time. Even when he has to give up meat for about a month (LAUGHS!!!)

I think I have gone way off track so let me get back on it. We usually gorge on meat dishes for a good two weeks before the month of Shravan begins. This time wifey dear picked out chicken and for reasons unknown wanted me to make chicken nuggets. Being the good husband that I am I was certainly not going to listen to her (LAUGHS HARD!!!). I know, I know y’all can start talking about how a husband should always listen to his wife and all that. But hey rules are rules y’all. She picks the meat I pick the recipe and that’s fair…

How to make Cheesy Chicken Fritters

To be honest part of this was her fault too since she showed me a recipe video on facebook of chicken fritters which I instantly fell in love with.

The concept was simple; mix all the ingredients and pan fry the fritters instead of deep-frying it. So I took the idea and made my own version of it by adding some Indian spices to ratchet up the flavors.

Marinate the Chicken

To the chicken, AP flour and eggs I added a little ginger-garlic paste, lemon juice, cilantro and a heaping helping of mozzarella. The piece de resistance was the malvani masala which is very local to my hometown. Y’all can substitute in garam masala or the more adventurous ones can go for old bay seasoning. Once all the ingredients are mixed together just let the mixture chill in the fridge for about an hour.

All that is left to do now is to heat up a skillet and pan fry these bad boys till they are golden brown on both sides.

How to Serve Cheesy Chicken Fritters:

As for the dipping sauces I made two of them i.e a cilantro coconut chutney and a sriracha mayo. Could also serve as sandwich. Perfect for crowd pleasing.

To cap off a perfect afternoon wifey dear and I are going to sit on the patio and enjoy the rains with these steaming hot chicken fritters..

TIPS

Use hot oil for frying to prevent the fritters from getting greasy.
Cook the fritters in smaller batches.
Cook for about 5-6 minutes on each side to cook all the way through.

STORING LEFTOVERS

For the crisp outside and tender inside, the cheesy chicken fritters needs to be cooked and eaten hot.

The mixture could be made ahead and fried when ready.

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