shammi kebab.

[ami]

500 gms minced Mutton  or minced beef
2 Eggs
1 meduim sized chopped Onion
5 Green Chilly (Hari Mirch) chopped
100 gms Bengal Gram (Chana) soaked overnight
10 pods Garlic (Lasan / Lahsun)
1 tsp Cumin Seed (Jeera)
4 Cardamoms
1 " long piece Cinnamon (Tuj/Dalchini)
1 " long piece Ginger (Adrak)
6 Pepper corns (Kalimirchi)
4 Red Chillies
Clarified Butter (Ghee)

Boil minced meat in 3 cups of water and a teaspoonful of salt till water is absorbed and meat is tender.
Grind meat into a fine paste.
Take garlic, cumin seeds, cardamoms, cinnamon, ginger, peppercorns, red chillies and soaked gram dal and grind into a fine paste.
Mix both the pastes well.
Now mix well beaten eggs and prepare a uniform dough.
Add finely chopped green chillies and onion to dough and mix well.
Shape the dough into small round flattened balls or kababs.
Heat ghee and deep fry kababs till golden brown and serve hot with sauce or chutney.
i have made this atleast 4 to 5 times so far.turns out super.

http://www.indianfoodforever.com/mughlai/shami-kabab.html

chillies is a very personal choice  so u could take or not take ,maybe less ,,,,,,,we Indians like hot hot hot

[Shanny]

These sound terrific! Thanks, Ami!

[Sweety]

Thanks Ami. We mostly order from out, but this looks kind of easy. Will definitely give it a try. 

[ami]

Yes Sweety the hotels add flour to the kebabs most of the times ,pl let me know when u try ! Sorry My contribution to the pub is mostly recepies ,may be I sound veri foodie but I love trying out new things and still loose weight .lost 16 pounds in last 8 to 9 weeks.

[Kelly]

Your recipes always sound so delicious!!  Though I have to admit that sometimes I have to refer to "chef" google to learn what some of the ingredients are!    From what I can tell the Bengal Gram/Chana are chick peas. Are they diabetic friendly?

[starsign]

Ami,

Why don't you get some on Saturday ?