Goan Prawns Cutlet Recipe | Crispy New Year Special Home-Cooked Snack

 The New Year calls for warm gatherings, joyful moments, and comforting home-cooked food. In many Goan homes, seafood snacks play a special role during celebrations, and prawns cutlet is one such favourite. Crispy on the outside and soft inside, this simple yet flavourful recipe is perfect for welcoming the New Year with loved ones, made using everyday kitchen ingredients and traditional Goan flavours.

🦐 Goan Prawns Cutlet (Home-Cooked Style)

A crispy outside, soft and juicy inside—Goan prawns cutlet is a simple yet flavour-packed snack often made at home for tea-time or special evenings. This recipe is easy, traditional, and perfect for your Goan home-cooked blog.

🧺 Ingredients

For the cutlet mixture

• 250 g prawns (cleaned & deveined)
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 2 green chillies, finely chopped
• 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
• 1 small potato, boiled & mashed
• 2 tbsp coriander leaves, chopped
• ½ tsp turmeric powder
• ½ tsp red chilli powder (adjust to taste)
• ½ tsp garam masala
• Salt to taste
• 1 tbsp oil

For coating

• 2 tbsp maida (all-purpose flour)
• Water (to make thin slurry)
• Bread crumbs (as needed)

For frying

• Oil for shallow or deep frying

👩‍🍳 Method

1. Prepare the prawns
   Finely chop the prawns or pulse once in a mixer (do not make a paste).
2. Cook the mixture
   Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan.
   Add onions and sauté till soft.
   Add ginger-garlic paste and green chillies; sauté till raw smell disappears.
3. Add prawns & spices
   Add chopped prawns, turmeric, chilli powder, garam masala, and salt.
   Cook for 3–4 minutes until prawns are done and mixture dries slightly.
4. Mix & cool
   Switch off the flame.
   Add mashed potato and coriander leaves.
   Mix well and let it cool completely.
5. Shape the cutlets
   Shape the mixture into oval or round cutlets.
6. Coat the cutlets
   Dip each cutlet in maida slurry, then coat with bread crumbs.
7. Fry
   Fry in medium-hot oil till golden and crisp on both sides.
   Drain on tissue paper.

🍋 Serving Suggestions

• Serve hot with mint chutney, tomato ketchup, or a squeeze of lemon
• Perfect with evening tea or as a starter for Goan meals

✨ Home-Cooked Tips

• You can replace potato with bread soaked in milk
• For extra Goan flavour, add a pinch of pepper powder
• Shallow frying works well for a lighter version

This Goan prawns cutlet recipe is a reminder that festive food doesn’t have to be complicated to be special. Whether served as a starter, evening snack, or part of your New Year spread, these cutlets bring together tradition, taste, and the joy of home cooking. As the New Year begins, may your kitchen be filled with warmth, laughter, and the comfort of meals made with love.