Shami Kabab And Our Friday Lunch

Shami kabab is favourite snack in India and Pakistan.Minced meat and channa dal/Bengal garam dal cooked in a slow process and minced with many spices.It is shallow fried on the tava and served with mint chutney.

Ingredients:-

Minced meat 1/2 kg

Channa dal 2 tbsp (soaked for 1/2 hr)

Coriander powder 1 tsp

Cumin powder 1 tsp

Garam masala 1 tsp

Garlic flakes 10 nos

Egg 1

Lemon juice 1/2 tsp

Cinnamon 2 pc

Cloves 3

Ginger 1 big pc

Cardamom 2

Pepper a pinch

Chilly powder 1tsp

Coriander and mint leaves few

Oil 10 tbsp

Salt as per taste

How to make:-

Wash and drain the mince and mix channa dal,whole spices,onions,a cup of water and salt to taste. Cook till dry.

Remove from fire and add ginger, garlic, pepper, chilli powder, coriander powder and cumin powder.

Then grind the mixture into fine paste and knead into dough. Add chopped lemon juice, coriander, mint leaves and salt as per taste.

Make lemon sized balls and make flat patties.

Beat egg and dip the patties in the batter. Shallow fry till brown in colour.

Serve with mint chutney.

I served it with mint raita.

Mint raita

Ingredients:-

Curd 1 cup

Mint few leaves

Coriander few leaves

Cumin seeds 1 tsp

Salt as per taste

Make smooth paste of cumin seeds, mint and coriander leaves. Add curd and salt and mix thoroughly.

Hubby loves biryani, be it Hyderabad or Pakistani biryani.He just loves biryani.Our Friday menu is fixed, it is Hyderabad biryani,mirchi salan and raita.This i have been doing since last 6 years. Kids also got used to my fixed dishes on Fridays, only thing I do is before mixing the biryani I take the unmixed rice and give that for the kids to eat with raita.

The above snap is our friday meal.Click here for the biryani and here for mirchi salan recipe

Vegetable Pulao and Palak Raita

Ingredients:-

Basmati Rice 500gms

Potatoes 2

Beans 6

Carrot 2

Fresh peas few

Onions 2

Green Chillies 2

Milk 1 cup

Oil 5-6 tbsp

Cloves 2

Cinnamon 2

Ginger and garlic paste 1tbsp

Bay leaf 2

Salt as per taste

Method:-

1. Boil all vegetables and keep aside
2. Heat oil,add all the masala,saute for 2 min
3. Then add onions and green chillies,saute it onions are fried
4. Add Ginger garlic paste and saute for another 5-6mins.
5. Now add water and milk (for 1glass of rice add 1/2glass of milk + 1/2glass of water)
6. When rice is half cooked add the cooked vegetables and salt.
7. Cook on a low flame until rice is cooked and there is no water left.

Palak Raita

Ingredients:-

Palak few leaves

Curd 1 cup

Salt as per taste

Chat masala 2 tbsp

Method:-

1. Boil palak and mash it
2. Beat curd add salt and palak
3. Just before serving sprinkle chat masala