| These are the traditional kebabs from South Asian | | | | lentils. Boil the lentils for 20-30 minutes until they |
| cuisine and are generally known as "Shami Kebabs". | | | | would become soft. |
| They are also made from beef and fish with the | | | | 2. After that add chicken breast in the boiled lentils |
| same method. These chicken kebabs take a little | | | | and add 1-2 cup of water if required (when all the |
| more time as compare to other kebabs but are very | | | | previous water has been dried) and let it cook until |
| tasty and can be used in making burgers and | | | | chicken become tender and soft. |
| sandwiches. You can make as much kebabs as you | | | | 3. Now switch off the flame and let it cool for 5 |
| want and freeze it for months and fry whenever | | | | minutes so that all the steam escape out, then in a |
| you want. You can easily prepare 30 chicken kebabs | | | | chopper put the mixture and chop so that the |
| from this recipe in just 60 minutes. | | | | chicken and lentils would mix together with the |
| Ingredients: | | | | spices. Don't chop them too much otherwise you |
| 1 chicken breast | | | | kebabs would break after frying. |
| 100 gm gram lentils (chana daal) | | | | 4. Take out the chopped mixture in a wide mixing |
| 15-20 dry red chili | | | | bowl, now its time to add the remaining herbs and |
| 2 tbspn cumin seeds | | | | spices i.e. coriander and mint leaves, green chilies, |
| 1 tbspn coriander seeds | | | | black pepper, hot mix spice and egg. Mix all of them |
| 1 tbspn black pepper powder | | | | together to make smooth dough of kebab. |
| 1/2 cup coriander leaves chopped | | | | 5. Now take small piece from the mixture and first |
| 1/2 cup mint leaves chopped | | | | make a ball just like meat ball and then press it by |
| 8-10 green chilies chopped | | | | using your palm and make flat circular kebab. Similarly, |
| 2 medium size onion finely chopped | | | | make rest of the kebabs. |
| 1 egg | | | | 6. Take a frying pan and heat oil to shallow fry the |
| 1 tbspn hot mix spice powder (garam masala) | | | | kebabs, Put the kebabs in the pan and fry till they |
| Salt as required | | | | become brown in color from both sides. If the |
| Oil for shallow frying | | | | kebabs are too soft to handle while frying then coat |
| Procedure: | | | | them in egg before frying. |
| 1. In a deep sauce pan, boil gram lentils in water with | | | | Serving: |
| red chili, cumin seeds, coriander leaves and salt. The | | | | Delicious chicken kebab is ready to serve with |
| quantity of water should enough to cover all the | | | | paratha or you can also use in bun to make burger. |