Recipe of the Month :- SHAMI KABAB

Ingredients
500 gms minced Mutton
2 Eggs
1meduim sized chopped Onion (Pyaj)
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 / Golmorich)
4 Red Chillies
Clarified Butter (Ghee)

Procedure

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  fry kababs over low- flame till golden brown and serve hot with sauce or chutney.

                                                                                                                 

By :- ARCHANA DEY