Shami Kabab literally mean, the Syrian Kabab, during the Mughal Era, Muslims immigrants from the Middle East, introduced this in South Asia. The Mughals has employed cooks from all over the Muslim world to serve in royal kitchen. Another source state that the word shami is derived from Sham which is evening in Hindi, Sham-e-awadh (evening in Lucknow).Shami Kabab is very famous snack of South Asian cuisine. Let’s try it and enjoy yums food.
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Ingredients:
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Beef or mutton with fat. (Wide sliced). | 500 gm. |
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Garlic Paste. | 01 tbsp. |
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Ginger Paste. | 01 tbsp. |
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Salt. | 01 tbsp. or to taste. |
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Whole Red Chili. | 08-10 in No. or to taste. |
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Clove. | 10-12 in No. |
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Black Cardamom. | 01 in No. |
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Bay leaves. (Tez pata). | 02-03 in No. |
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Cinnamon piece. | 01 in No. |
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Black pepper. | 01 tbsp. |
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White cumin seeds. | 01 tbsp. |
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Whole coriander. | 01 tbsp. |
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Gram lentil/channa daal. (soaked). | 250 gm. |
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Coriander leaves. (chopped). | 01. cup or to taste. |
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Mint leave. (chopped). | 01 cup. or to taste. |
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Green chili. (chopped). | 03-04 in No. or to taste. |
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Onion. (fine chopped & squeezed). | 02 medium. |
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Egg. | 01 in No. |
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Cooking oil. | 03 tbsp. |
Procedure:
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Put beef in a vessel, add two and half cup of water, ginger garlic paste, salt, black peeper, cardamom, cinnamon, clove, white cumin seeds, whole coriander, bay leaves and whole red chili, cover and cook it for one and half hour as such half of its water reduced. |
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Add gram lentil in it and cook it for 20 minutes, when beef and lentil tender the dry all water. |
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Take out beef slices, remove fat and flatten by rolling pin, by this beef changes into fibers. |
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Put lentil mixture and fat into chopper and grind it. |
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Mix beef and chopped lentil mixture and knead well, now add chopped coriander, mint, green chili, onion and egg, mix well and shaped into petties. |
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Heat oil in a pan and shallow fry kababs |
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Delicious Shami Kabab are now ready to serve. |
Thank You,
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