Shami Kebab

Description

 * Ethnicity - Mughlai, North Indian
 * Type of meal - Party, Lunch, Dinner

Ingredients

 * 500 g minced mutton
 * 2 eggs
 * 1 medium sized chopped onion (pyaj)
 * 5 green chilly (hari mirch) chopped
 * 100 g 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 peppercorns (kalimirchi)
 * 4 red chillies
 * clarified butter (ghee)

Directions

 * 1) Boil minced meat in 3 cups of water and a teaspoonful of salt till water is absorbed and meat is tender.
 * 2) Grind meat into a fine paste.
 * 3) Take garlic, cumin seeds, cardamoms, cinnamon, ginger, peppercorns, red chillies and soaked gram dal and grind into a fine paste.
 * 4) Mix both the pastes well.
 * 5) Now mix well beaten eggs and prepare a uniform dough.
 * 6) Add finely chopped green chillies and Onion to dough and mix well.
 * 7) Shape the dough into small round flattened balls or kebabs.
 * 8) Heat ghee and deep fry kebabs till golden brown and serve hot with sauce or chutney.