Beef Cutlets

These beef cutlets are a real treat. Serve them with a salad or put them in a Goan pao or flat bread and enjoy! My late paternal aunt used to make these and this is her beef cutlet recipe. When I first started working most of the family including my mum went on holiday so I had gone to her for advice on how to make beef cutlets.

Beef Cutlets recipe

Ingredients:

1/2 kg beef (undercut) cut into slices perpendicular to the threads and about a cm thick.

2 teaspoons magic masala

2 teaspoons ginger-garlic paste

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon sugar

2 tbspns vinegar

1 tbspn lime juice

2 green chillies cut fine

2 Onions – grated or cut into fine pieces

2 Tomatoes – cut into fine pieces

1 egg  
Semolina for coating
Oil for frying

Method:

• Pound the beef slices with a tenderizing mallet or send them through a tenderizing machine.
• Add all ingredients except the last six. 

How to make beef cutlets

• You may leave it to marinade in the fridge overnight.

Goan recipe for beef cutlets

• Then add the next four ingredients and mix. 

Beef cutlets ready for frying

• Coat with semolina and shallow fry on simmer in a non-stick pan with the lid on. 
• Keep checking and turning till well done on both sides as shown in the picture.
• Serve with salald, as a side dish or in a flat bread like you might have found at a road-side stall.
• You may also be interested in this other beef cutlets recipe.