Chicken Croquettes

I love food with stories! 🙂 This one goes back to beginning of the year, when my cousin’s marriage was fixed. His fiance was based in Ras-Al-Khaimah. When aunt and entouage were going to her house, she called umma and me as we had not met the girl. Since we are from the boy’s family, you can imagine the feast that was arranged. I must say that her umma is a fantastic cook, whatever was served was one over the other excellent. These croquettes were on the menu. I loved what I had though I would have wished to eat more, though umma was really not impressed. This was our first experience…

Post marriage and now that she became a part of our clan, I asked her for the recipe. She had made this a couple of times during the Iftars and it was highly appreciated. She would smile and agree, but then she would just forget. After loads of pestering, she finally messaged me the recipe on Whassup. I did get the reason why she had delayed providing me the recipe – because she relied a lot on her gut instincts to make it and wanted to give me exact quantities, knowing how much I was a stickler to measurements! Not exactly, yeah… if I feel that I can make changes, I would definitely do that! Once I have got the recipe from her, I have made it a few times at home only to be wiped out completely. It is that good… A word of warning though – please don’t expect these to be as easy as chicken cutlets as far as handling is concerned. These will give a mini heart attack but it is all worth it. Just handle them with delicate hands, ensure to dip them properly in the egg and breadcrumbs so that they don’t break up in the oil. Off to the way I made it…