Shami Kebab, Mogul style burgers !!I'll tell you upfront, this is going to be a lot of work – but I will promise you the results will be worth it so give it a go.
Cook time : 2 hours 30 minutes
Ingredients
Kebab meat
- 100 grams chana daal, soaked overnight
- 500 grams mince beef
- 1½ tsp cumin seeds powder if fine too
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- ½ tsp chilli powder
Filling
- 2-3 spring onions
- 1 handful fresh coriander
- 1 green chilli
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
Instructions
- Rinse and wash the chana daal.
- Add the mince, chana daal, salt, cumin seeds, chilli powder & coriander powder to a pot and cover with water.
- Boil and then simmer for approx 45 minutes or until the water has reduced completely and you're left with something you can mash.
- Mash up the mixture thoroughly, there shouldn't be any water. if your mixture is not completely dry you need to put it back on the heat.
- We need to work with the mixture so we need to cool it, place mixture in the fridge for an hour or so. If you want to do this over a couple of days this would be a good place to take a break.
- Once your mixture is cold we need to really grind it up with a pestle and mortar so it forms a thick paste.
- We're going to make 2 fairly small burgers, put the filling in the middle and squash them together to make 1 burger.For the filling, use your creativity. I would suggest: –– a handful of finely chopped coriander– a finely chopped chilli– a couple finely chopped spring onion– a little lemon juice.
- A good way to do it is to make a small ball and flatten it between your hands to get it roundish. At this stage it should be approximately 5cm in diameter. Spoon a little of the filling onto it and cover with a second little burger. Now gently press them together and pinch the edges to close it up.
- Try to keep it as even in thickness as possible and finish up sealing it by rolling it on its edge applying a little pressure. Sounds harder than it is.
- That's the hard part done with. At this point, you can cool the burgers and freeze them for later.
- Now whisk an egg in a bowl, coat the burgers in the egg and fry in really shallow oil in a pan. It should only take a few minutes each side as everything is already cooked.
- Enjoy in baps or as a side.
