Recipe of Mutton Shami Kabab
A popular recipe of Mutton Shami Kabab with meat and lentils. Mildly flavoured with spices and served as an appetizer or starter to impress your family and friends
Ingredients
- 500 grams Mince or cubes of Mutton or Chicken
- ½ cup Bengal gram/Chana Dal/Split Chickpeas
- 1 tbsp Ginger/garlic paste
- Juice of 1 sourlime
- 1 small Onion finely chopped
- ½ cup Coriander & Mint leaves chopped
- 4 Green chillies chopped
- Salt to taste
- Oil for shallow frying
- 1 Egg beaten (optional)
To be ground to a fine powder
- 5 Dry Red Kashmir Chillies
- 1 tbsp Coriander seeds
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds or Caraway seeds
- 1 inch Cinnamon stick
- ¼ tsp Peppercorns
- 3 Green Cardamom
- 4 Cloves
Instructions
- Boil the mince and dal with 1 cup water, ginger-garlic paste, turmeric and salt till the dal is well cooked. Now dry up all the water.
- Grind the cooked mince/meat and split chickpeas in a blender.
- Now combine the mince mixture with the ground spice and the lemon juice. Also add the chopped onion, chillies, coriander and mint leaves and beaten egg. Mix well.
- Shape the mixture into small patties or kababs and then shallow fry till golden. You could also dip them in beaten egg and fry.
- Serve with coriander and mint chutney and lemon wedges.
Notes
- I have used mutton mince for these kababs, you can also use mutton mince.
- Adjust the red and green chillies to suit your taste.
- Dipping the shami kabab in egg before frying is optional you can skip it. Just shallow fry the kababs in hot oil and enjoy.