SHAMI KEBAB by Dolon

Ingredients: 

• Minced Beef or Mutton – 1½ cup, 

• Spil Bengal Gram (Chana dal) – 2 Tbsp, 

• Cinnamon – 2” stick, 

• Green cardamoms – 2, 

• Cloves – 3, 

• Ginger Garlic paste – 2 to 3 tsp, 

• Garam Masala Powder – 1 tsp, 

• Black peppercorns – 4 to 5, 

• Coriander powder – ½ tsp, 

• Cumin powder – ½ tsp, 

• Onion (large, finely chopped) – 1, 

• Fresh Coriander leaves – chopped, 

• Lemon juice – 1 Tbsp, 

• Eggs – 2, 

• Ghee /Oil /Butter, 

• Salt – to taste.

METHOD

• Wash the minced meat thoroughly and drain. 
• Wash and soak the chana dal for 1 hour. 
• Add the soaked chana dal, cardamoms, cinnamon, cloves, and one cup of lukewarm water to the minced meat and knead well (very well).
• Now cook this mixture till water evaporates completely. 
• Remove from heat, let it cool, and add chopped onion, coriander leaves, ginger-garlic paste, red chilli powder, garam masala powder, peppercorns, coriander powder, and cumin powder. 
• Knead well again.  
• Tip: Freeze for 1-2 hours at this point if you want. 
• Once the mixture is cool enough, add the lemon juice and salt. 
• For the patty, roll the meat mixture into a ball, flatten each ball in the palm of your hand, and shape into kebabs. 
• Dip in the beaten egg mixture (both sides) and shallow fry the kababs on both sides with ghee till golden on a heated tawa (or nonstick).  
• Serve hot with green chutney.  

     

Dolonchapa has shared with us her recipe for Shammi Kebabs, a mouth-watering starter. 

We know Dolonchapa Chakraborty from our school days. At present, she is doing her PhD in DNA-protein interactions in viruses at the State University of New York at Buffalo. She likes to travel (mostly hike), paint, dance, read, and blog. (You can check out her blog here)

    Her interest in jostling up random stuff to make a dish grew from her belief that food is a great way to bond with people. Her dishes started making its way to parties where she always has her foodie friends around. She loves to bake, and spoils her friends rotten.

Mouthwatering recipe, ain't it?

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