Shammi Kabab : A ramzan gift

Ramzan is on and the evening of ramzan can be made colorful with some delicious Kutchi memon cuisine. Kutchi memon dishes still exist and in some traditional houses still the aroma of hot melting ghee and frying spices can be smelt which can linger your taste.

Shammi Kebab is one of Kutchi memon dish which can be tried in this Ramzaan The time required to prepare is about 1hour to 1 hour 30 minutes.

Ingredients for Shammi kabab

The amount of ingredients mentioned below is for 6 servings. Following ingredients are required to prepare Shammi kabab.

½ Kg mutton mince
¼ coconut
8 dry red chillies
1 clove garlic
1 Onion
2 Cardamoms
2 Cinnamon sticks
2 Cloves coriander for garnishing
100 gm gram daal (pulse)
1 egg
6 Soaked and pealed almonds
4 peppercorns
½ tsp poppy seeds (khus khus or posto)
2 green chillies
250 ml oil for frying

Method to prepare Shammi Kabab

All the ingredients except egg should be mixed and pressure cooked with 1 glass of water till it becomes dry. Now remove red chillies, garlic, coconut, onion, spices and almonds from the mixture and grind them well. Now add them to remaining mixture and grind it to a fine paste, grinding should be at least 5 minutes.

Now add egg and mix well and knead a little. Take a portion of the mixture according to the size of kabab you like and roll into your hand into oval or round shaped patty. Do the same will all the mixtures.

Refrigerate the patty for about 15 minutes and then deep fry in oil. Your Shammi Kabab is ready, for better taste serve immediately with mint chutney.