RECIPE
Ingredients
1 pound ground beef or ground chicken
1 medium onion
2-3 stalks green onion
1/2 tomato
4 green chilli peppers
1/2 cup fresh coriander
3 or 4 fresh mint leaves
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 teaspoon coriander seeds
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon laal mirch (red chilli pepper)
1/2 teaspoon garam masala OR chaat masala (both can be found in Halal grocery stores)
1 egg
Directions
Using a mortar and pestle, crush the cumin seeds and coriander seeds gently [so like roughly and not a complete grind]
Set that aside
In a food processor, add the onion, green onions, tomato, green chilli peppers, coriander and mint leaves and mix this up roughly on medium speed
Add this mix to the meat in a metal mixing bowl along with all of the spices and mix everything together-use your hands for best results [you can wear disposable gloves if touching meat isn’t your thing]
Once everything is incorporated, add in the egg and mix it throughout
Wash your hands thoroughly or dispose of gloves 🙂
Make patties for burgers or oval kabobs as pictured above
Now you have two options for cooking:
1. Fry these baby’s up: Set stove to medium heat and in a pan add vegetable oil coating the entire bottom surface. Add a few kabobs to the pan at a time leaving space in between. Cook until browned evenly on all sides and inside. This is for the professionals. I personally do not use this method often but my mama does and they are yummmmmmy. I usually cut one kabob open to check to see it’s thoroughly cooked!
2. Bake the kabob’s in the oven. This is the safer choice-avoid oil splatters and cooks evenly throughout-this is the no worry method and my go to! Set oven to 450, and in a baking tray coated with vegetable oil, line the kabobs up leaving a bit of space between each piece. Place in oven and cook for about 30-45 minutes depending on your oven. Remember to rotate your kabobs in the pan halfway through to cook evenly.
Serve with biryani and raita {yoghurt with cucumbers and chaat masala} or make a kabob wrap and enjoy!!!!!!!!
**Stay tuned for recipes on raita, chaat papri and masoor ki daal!**
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