Musings of an Idiot

Crumbled Kebabs

I tried cooking some Shammi Kebabs with a reciepe downloaded from the internet and the effort did not go down very well - the kebabs crumbled. :-) It is not the reciepe's fault though - it is entirely my mistake - I should have heated the original mixture for another 10 minutes or so, so that the moisture was completely gone from the mixture.I also should have added only 1 tablespoon of beaten egg instead of adding 1 whole egg - which is probably a reason why there was so much moisture in the kebabs...Lessons learnt for next time I suppose.

But incase you wanna have a crack at cooking some shammi kebab here is the reciepe:

Ingredients:
750 g (1 1/2 lb) finely minced lamb
1 medium onion, finely chopped
3 tablespoons yellow split peas (mattar dhal)
Spices
1 teaspoon finely grated fresh ginger
1¹/2 teaspoons finely chopped garlic
salt to taste
2 cups water
1/2 teaspoon garam masala
1 tablespoon yoghurt or thick cream
1 small egg, beaten
ghee or oil for shallow frying
Filling:
1 fresh green chilli, seeded and finely chopped
1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh cilantro
I spring onion, including green leaves
1/2 teaspoon finely grated fresh ginger

Preparation:
Put lamb, onion, dhal, ginger, garlic, salt and water into a heavy saucepan and bring to the boil. Stirring occcassionally. Cover and mok over low heat until meat. lentils and onions are soft, about 45 minutes. Then uncover and cook, stirring now and then, until all the liquid has been absorbed. This may take at least I hour. Leave to cool, then mix in the garam masala and yoghurt or cream. Add 1 tablespoon of beaten egg and mix well. If mixture is not too moist add more of the beaten egg. Knead very well for 10 minutes or until mixture is completely smooth.

Divide into 8 portions and form each into a flat circle. Put 14 teaspoonful of filling in the middle. close the meat mixture around it, pinching edges together. Flatten gently to form a small round patty. Shallow fry on a heavy griddle or frying pan lightly greased with ghee or oil. Serve hot.

For more recipes you can check out this website.

Tried different things to try and save the kebabs but with no luck. Still managed to salvage some of it and it tasted yummy - the taste was just right even though it was all crumbled and you had to eat the kebab with a spoon. :-)..Sigh - the joy of cooking.

Anyway the sabbatical from 'Five' continues and will get back to working on it from this week sometime. Still have to shoot the opening of the movie as well as a couple of pickup scenes - so currently scheduling for that. Also - a random note: a great resource for sounds to use on short films or movies is located HERE. The sounds are under Creative Commons Licence - which means you are free to use it on any project as long as you credit the creators of any sound you use in the credits. Not a bad deal at all, especially if you are an independent film maker.

Till later
Amit

Labels: Food

posted by Amit @ 12:53 PM