May 18, 2019
When hunger strikes, you need something quick and delicious to satiate it and there’s nothing like a good chicken kebab that you can make your way. And guess what, you can make healthy chicken shami kebab at home without compromising on the taste. Here’s the recipe.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup chana dal
1 tsp oil
1 tsp cumin seeds
4 cloves
4 black peppercorns
1 stick cinnamon
1 tsp coriander seeds
1/2 tsp ajwain
2 red chilli
300 gram boneless chicken
salt as per taste
1/2 cup water
1 tsp ginger, finely chopped
1 green chilli
1 tsp finely chopped garlic
1/2 cup chopped coriander leaves
1/2 cup chopped mint leaves
2 eggs
Method:
- Soak 1/2 cup of chana dal for at least 30 minutes.
- In a pressure cooker heat oil and add cumin seeds, cloves, black peppercorns, cinnamon, coriander seeds, ajwain, red chilli. Saute for 1-2 minutes.
- Now add the soaked chana dal and mix thoroughly.
- Add the boneless chicken and salt. Bring to simmer, adding required quantity of water.
- Cook until all the water has evaporated and chicken is tendered.
- Let it cool for some time and then grind all the ingredients to a thick paste. In the paste add ginger, green chilli, garlic, coriander leaves and mint leaves. Mix all the ingredients to combine well.
- Now add the raw eggs liquid and mix thoroughly.
- Using your palm make the kebabs of any desired shape and size, generally flat round shape.
- Now dipping in egg fluid shallow fry the kebabs from both sides till golden brown.
- You can serve the kebabs hot with chutney of your choice.
Nutritional Information per serving:
Energy: 100 kcal; Protein: 18gms; Carbohydrates: 5gms; Fats: 3gm