SHAMI KABAB

"Shami Kabab"

Ingredients:

½ kg minced meat without fat.

2 tbsp chana dal washed and soaked in water for ½ hr.

1 tsp dhania jeera powder.

1 tsp garam masala.

10 garlic flakes.

2 pieces dalchini. (cinnamon)

3 cloves.

1 piece ginger.

2 elaichi. (cardamom)

A pinch of pepper.

1 tsp chili powder.

A handful of Kothmir and chopped pudina.(mint leaves)

1 egg.

Juice of ½ a lemon.

1 finely chopped onion.

Oil for frying.

Salt to taste.

Method :

Wash and drain the mince and mix the chana dal, whole spices, a cup of water and salt to taste. Cook till dry. Remove from the fire and add ginger, garlic, pepper, chili powder, dhania and jeera powder then grind the mixture into a fine paste and knead into a dough. Add the chopped pudina, kothmir, lime juice and salt to taste. Make lemon sized balls of the dough, flatten the balls and stuff these with a little onion mixture, dip the stuffed kebabs in the beaten eggs and shallow fry till cooked.