Chicken Shami Kabab
Chicken Shami Kabab is an Indian style kabab where cooked chicken is combined with lentils and spices, shaped into a patty and shallow fried.
Servings 20 Kababs
Ingredients
To cook chicken:
- 500 grams boneless chicken pieces
- ½ cup chana dal washed & soaked
- 1 tbsp chopped ginger
- 1 tbsp chopped garlic
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 2 tablespoon Shami Kabab Spice Mix
- Salt to taste
- 250 ml water
Other ingredients: (to be added after chicken is cooked)
- 1 medium-size potato boiled and mashed
- 2 green chilies chopped
- ½ cup chopped green coriander leaves
- ½ cup mint leaves chopped
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 egg
Shami Kabab Spice Mix:
- 20 dry red chilies
- 3 tablespoon coriander seeds
- 2 tablespoon cumin seeds
- 1 tablespoon black peppercorns
- 2 teaspoon shahi jeera caraway seeds
- 1 teaspoon methi seeds
- 10 green cardamom
- 2 brown cardamom
- 3 pieces of cinnamon 1 inch each
- 10 cloves
- 2 pieces of mace
- 3 bay leaves
- ½ teaspoon grated nutmeg
Instructions
- Dry roast the ingredients for Shami Kabab Spice mix in a hot pan for 2 minutes on medium heat. Remove from heat, cool and grind to a fine powder. Store in an airtight container.
- Heat cooking oil in a saucepan and fry chopped ginger, garlic, and onion for 5 minutes till onion is soft and pink.
- Then add chicken pieces, soaked chana dal,2 tablespoon of Shami Kabab Spice Mix, salt, and water.
- Cover and cook for 15 to 20 minutes or till chicken is fully done and water has dried up.
- Remove from heat, let the chicken mixture cool down and blend it in a chopper to a smooth dough.
- Remove the kabab mixture in a large bowl and add the other ingredients and mix well.
- Take a handful of the mixture, form into kababs of desired shapes and shallow fry.
- Serve hot with mint chutney.