Shami Kabab Dish

From Kabab Section of Hyderabad

Shami Kabab Recipe

Ingredients:

500 gms kheema without fat
2 tbsp chana ki dal, washed and soaked in water for ½ hour
10 flakes garlic
1 piece ginger
1 tsp garam masala
2 elaichi
2 pieces dalchini
3 lavang
1 tsp dhania jeera powder
1 egg
Pepper
Chilli powder
A handful of kothmir and pudina, chopped
The juice of ½ a lemon
Ghee or refined oil for shallow frying
1 onion minced
Salt to taste

Method:

To the washed and drained kheema, add the chana dal, sabut masala, 1 cup warm water salt to taste and then cook till dry. Remove from heat and add ginger, garlic, pepper, chilli powder, dhania and jeera powder. Grind to a fine paste and then form into a dough.

To the minced onion, add the finely chopped pudina, kothmir, lime juice and salt to taste.

Beat the egg lightly. Divide the dough into lemon-sized balls. Flatten each ball in the palm of your hand and stuff with a little of the onion mixture. Shape into a kabab and dip in the beaten egg. Shallow fry till it turns pink.

Serve hot.

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