NARGISI KABAB-MINCED MEAT PATTIES WITH EGG FILLING!!!

Nargisi kabab-made with minced meat of lamb,beef or chicken with various spices and herbs and lentils and then filled with whole eggs.It is basically prepared with SHAMI-KABAB mixture or normal KOFTA mixture and then covered on whole eggs and fried.
It is served as an appetizer or as a side dish in your main course meal.
Heres the recipe:

Cooking time:40-50mins
Preparation time:15mins
Yields: 6

Ingredients:

• SHAMI-KABAB MIXTURE OR KOFTA MIXTURE (Click on the link for the recipe).
• Eggs-8
• Oil for shallow frying

Cooking method:

• Make the kabab mixture(this recipe is made with shami-kabab mixture).
• Hard-boil six eggs.
• Cool and remove the egg shell.
• Now cover each  whole egg with the kabab mixture neatly.keep aside.

• Heat oil in a pan.
• Beat the remaining two eggs well.
• Dip the kababs in egg and then shallow fry on medium heat till golden brown evenly.
• Cut the kababs in half.
• Serve hot.

This goes to Mona's event.

CHICKEN SHAMI KABAB-FLAVOURED MINCED MEAT PATTIES!!!

SHAMI KABAB-are patties made of minced meat of lamb,beef or chicken with various spices and herbs and split chick peas.Its origin points to many like the Lucknowi-Awadhi cuisine,Persia,Pakistan,Mughlai,etc but it literally means 'Syrian kabab' in Arabic.
Its texture is soft and they just melt in your mouth,can be consumed as a snack with mint dip or as a side dish to your meal.It forms a important part of Muslim festivities.
This Shami kabab mixture can be used to make various other kababs like Nargisi-kabab,Shikampuri-kabab,Kofta curry,etc
Heres the recipe with chicken:

Cooking time:40-50mins
Preparation time:15mins
Yields-15-20 kababs

Ingredients:

• Minced chicken-500gms
• Split chickpeas/Chana dal-100gms
• Split black gram/Urad dal-50gms
• Red chilli powder-2tsp
• Ginger and garlic paste- 2tsp
• Turmeric/Haldi-1/2tsp
• Garam masala powder-1tsp
• Green chillies (chopped)-5no
• Corriander leaves/Kotmir/Dhanya(chopped)-1/4cup
• Mint leaves/Pudina(choppped)-1/4cup
• Onions(chopped)-2 no(medium sized)
• Salt to taste
• Cooking oil-1tbsp
• Eggs- 2no
• Oil for shallow frying.

Cooking method:

• Wash the lentils(chana dal and urad dal) and soak atleast for half an hour.
• Wash the chicken mince and squeeze out all the excess water.It should be very dry esle after cooking it will be difficult to bind them.
• In a pressure cooker(I used pressure cooker) or a deep pan put the minced meat,soaked lentils(drain the water from them),Ginger and garlic paste,turmeric powder,oil(1tbsp) and salt.Put 1/4cup water.
• If using deep pan Cover and cook till the lentils are soft and meat is cooked,it will take around 20-25mins(add little water if required to avoid burning).If pressure cooker is used cook on high flame for 3 whistles and then simmer it for about 20mins.
• Once the mixture is cooked.Cool it and  dry grind to a smooth paste,adding no extra water else the mixture will become watery.
• Now add the rest of the ingredients and mix well.
• Shape in to desired shapes and sizes.

• Beat the eggs.
• Heat a pan put oil for shallow frying.
• Dip the patties in eggs and then fry on both sides till Golden-brown on both sides.
• Serve hot with Mint-dip.

CHICKEN SEEKH KABABS- DELICIOUSLY YUMMY!!!

Kababs-can be defined as a mix of meat,spices and herbs,which can be skewered or flattened balls of varied shapes and sizes,with their cooking method ranging from shallow-frying,deep-frying and baking.
Serve it as a side dish to your main meal or make it in to a meal with varieties of its kind like "Chicken seekh kabab","Shaami-kabab","Chapli-kabab","Nargisi-kabab","Grilled-kababs",""Galouti-kababs","Kakori-kababsand so on.
Kababs are usually made of meat of various kinds but no disappointment to the vegans,Kababs can be made of mixed vegetables,yam,raw-banana,etc.
This recipe is using chicken mince with herbs,spices and lemon juice to enhance the flavours.Heres the recipe:

Cooking time: 20-25mins
Preparation time:15-20mins
Serves- 2-3persons.

Ingredients:

• Chicken meat-500gms (see instruction below to make chicken mince)
• Garlic(chopped finely)- 3tsp
• Onion(chopped)- 1no(medium-sized)
• Corriander powder- 1tsp
• Lemon juice- 3tbsp
• Corriander leaves(chopped)- 1/4cup
• Mint leaves(chopped)- 1/4cup
• Black pepper powder- 1tsp
• Green chilli(chopped)- 2-3
• Garam masala powder- 1tsp
• Salt to taste
• Oil- 1tbsp
• Oil for shallow frying.

Cooking Method:

• Take the chicken mince in a bowl and mix all the ingredients except the oil for frying.Keep aside for 1-2hrs for the flavours to lock in.

Note:Chicken mince should not have water,squeeze out the water completely else the mixture will become watery and it wont retain any shape.In case your mixture becomes watery you can add maize-flour or chick pea flour about 2tbsp,this helps in binding.

To make chicken mince:Take boneless chicken wash and clean and remove all the excess water and then mince it in your food processor or a normal chopper will also serve the purpose.

• Take the marianted chicken mince and skewer it on wooden skewers.

• Take a pan put little oil for shallow frying and heat the pan well,
• Put the skewers and keep turning till they are golden brown.

• Serve hot

This goes CWS event hosted by Radhika and Priya.