Chicken Shami Kebab Recipes

SHAMI KABAB | SHAMI KEBAB

Steps:

• Wash and soak chana dal for about 2 to 4 hours. Well soaked dal provides a good texture to the kababs. Drain it and add to a large pot.
• Add ginger, garlic, salt, turmeric, red chili powder, whole red chilies, garam masala, cinnamon stick, jeera, green cardamoms and chicken. Add water to partially cover the chicken. Do not add too much water.
• Cook all these partially covering the pot until chicken and dal are soft cooked.
• Evaporate water completely. This step is very important otherwise the kebab mixture will turn mushy and will not hold shape.
• Cool this completely and remove the whole spices and any bones if used chicken on bone.
• Add this to a processor or a blender and make a coarse mixture.
• The mixture should turn fairly dry and powdery.
• Add green chilies, onions, pudina, coriander leaves. Mix and check the salt and spice. If needed add more.
• Break an egg to a bowl and beat it lightly to mix the yolk and the white uniformly.
• Add this little by little to the mixture and form a dough. Do not pour the egg at one time, do it in parts add use only as needed for binding. You can also squeeze this mixture a bit for the moisture to release. Then add the egg only as needed.
• Divide the dough to 8 to 10 equal parts and make balls. Flatten them and make kebabs on your palm. Place them on a plate.
• Heat oil for shallow frying in a wide pan. I fried all the kababs in 2 batches.
• Break an egg to a bowl and beat it lightly just to mix the yolk and white uniformly.
• When the oil turns hot enough, dip one kebab each time in the egg and lift it with a fork.
• Gently shake off the excess egg to avoid the oil turning messy.
• Drop these in the hot oil. Fry on a medium heat until golden, flipping to and fro.
• When they are golden fried, transfer them to a plate with kitchen tissues.
• Serve chicken shami kabab hot with mint chutney.

SHAMI KEBAB

Steps:

• Place lentils in a container. Pour in enough water to cover and let soak, at least 30 minutes. Drain.
• Combine drained lentils, 4 1/4 cups water, ground chicken, onion, green chile peppers, ginger-garlic paste, garam masala, and salt in a large pot. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and let simmer until water has been mostly absorbed and lentils are soft, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Place the lentil mixture in a food processor and pulse until smooth. Stir in cilantro.
• Shape mixture into patties and dip into beaten eggs.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Pan-fry patties in batches until golden brown, about 3 minutes per side.

CHICKEN SHAMI KEBAB

Steps:

• Pour 3 cups of water in a pan, add chicken, washed lentils, all of the dry spices, ginger, and garlic. Boil mixture on medium heat until the meat becomes tender.Check that the mixture is just about dry. Remove from heat. Let it cool.
• Grind chicken mixture in a food processor.
• Break off 1 tablespoon of the mince paste, wet your palm and place it in the center of your palm. and make into round shape and then flatten each ball in the palm of your hand.
• Repeat this with the remaining mince. Heat a heavy based frying pan and add just enough oil to cover the surface.beat the egg and Coat the kebabs with the egg .Add 3 to 4 kababs at a time and fry on low heat to a crisp golden color on both sides.

SHAMI KEBAB(MUTTON OR CHICKEN)

Steps:

• Soak split peas in water for 2 hours, or pour boiling water over and soak for 20 minutes.
• Peel onions and chop roughly.
• Peel and chop ginger and garlic.
• Heat oil in a large, heavy pan and soften onion.
• Add ginger, garlic and all powdered spices and fry for 1 minute.
• Add meat and split peas and stir constantly until all is mixed well and changes colour. Cook till peas soften slighty and the mixture is dry with no water remaining,cool, now add yoghurt.
• Transfer mixture to a processor, and whizzzzzzz to smooth paste.
• Check seasoning.
• Remove to a bowl, add eggs and mix, preferably by hand.
• Peel and chop the 3rd onion and mix with chopped corinander leaves.
• Form spoonfuls of mixture into walnut-sized balls, press your thumb into each as you form it to indent it.
• Insert a little of the chopped onion mixture and reform ball around it.
• Now flatten on palm of your hands and shallow fry, turning carefully to brown on both sides.
• Drain on kitchen paper and serve, hot with chappati and salad.