Shami Kabab

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Submitted: January 17, 2014
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Preparation Time: 15-20 mins
Cooking Time: 25-30 mins
Servings: 6 | 100 kcal

Extremely succulent shami kababs made with minced meat with a beautiful blend of spices.These kababs are extra soft from regular shami kababs.

Required ingredients

List A

  • 500 grams mutton or beef mince
  • 1/4 cup bengal gram -channe ki dal - soak it for 1/2 an hour
  • 4-5 green cardamom - elaichi
  • 1 black cardamom – badi elaichi
  • A pinch of nutmeg-  zaiphal
  • 1 strand mace -  javitri
  • 1 inch piece cinnamon -dalchini
  • 4 cloves - laung
  • 1 bay leaf - tej patta
  • 1  tsp black pepper - kali mirch
  • 1/2 tsp fennel seeds - saunf
  • 1. 1/2 tsps cumin seeds - zeera
  • 1.1/2 tsps coriander seeds - dhania
  • 4-5 green chillies
  • 3-4 red chillies
  • 5-6 cloves of garlic
  • 1 inch piece ginger
  • Salt as per taste
  • 2 cups water

List B

  •  1  onion finely sliced
  • 2 tbsp finely chopped coriander leaves
  • 2 tbsp finely chopped mint leaves
  • 2-3 green chilies finely chopped
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • 1 egg lightly beaten
  • Oil for frying

Directions & How to

 To prepare basic shami mixture

  • Put all the ingredients in the pressure cooker and cook on high flame till 2 whistles and then low down the flame to medium n cook for another 5-6 minutes.
  • Cool it completely and  grind the mixture to a very smooth paste. If u feel the mixture is dry  add extra water.
  • The ground paste should turn out extra smooth and sticky than we make it for normal shammi kababs.
  • The kabab mixture is now ready. You can either directly use it for making kababs or can freeze it for later use.

 Preparing Kabab

  • Mix all the ingredients from the list B thoroughly in the ground shami paste .
  • Shape them into kababs.
  • Shallow fry till golden.
  • Serve hot with green chutney.

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