Working in kitchen is a favorite pastime and a joyful experience even for the novices. When it comes to home-cooking there is no end for learning and innovation. The recipes posted here are thoughtfully modified either to make the cooking process easy or for attaining desired great taste. Previously a few of my recipes have appeared in a Mangalore based internet portal which eventually inspired me to have this virtual kitchen on the web. I wish you all a fun-filled cooking time! Enjoy cooking and Bon Appétit!!

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Showing posts with label indian cooking. Show all posts

Popcorn Chicken

Among all the chicken favorites Popcorn Chicken is not only very easy to cook but also flavorful, moist and crunchy at the same time. Be it a casual lunch idea for family or a small home party; popcorn chicken is sure to please your family and guests alike. It also makes a delicious snack item for the children. Popcorn chicken tastes better if served with tomato ketchup. Here is a really simple, quick yet a better recipe to try this weekend but make sure you have cut the chicken, preferably breast pieces, into really small cubes. So let us start:
Popcorn Chicken served with Ketchup
Ingredients group 1
Boneless Chicken 600 - 800 grams (cut it into small cubes)

Ingredients group 2
Maida or plain flour: 1 cup
Corn flour: 2 tablespoon
Pepper powder: 1 tablespoon 
Salt: to taste

Ingredients group 3
Egg white: 2 nos
Milk: 2 tablespoon
Salt: to taste

Ingredients group 4
Bread crumbs: 1 cup

Step by step method for easy cooking


Step 1:
Wash and drain the chicken cubes. Keep rest of the ingredients ready and handy.

Step 2:
Take a shallow bowl and mix maida, corn flour, pepper powder and salt (refer to ingredients - group 2). This is a dry mix for coating, no water should be added.

Step 3:
Take 2 egg whites in a shallow bowl, add milk and salt (refer to ingredients - group 3) and mix it.

Step 4:
Take some bread crumbs (refer to ingredients - group 4) in a separate shallow bowl.

Arrange the above 3 bowls i.e., coating mix, egg mixture dip and bread crumbs in a row.

Step 5:
Take vegetable oil a frying pan and bring it to medium high heat.

Now take the chicken cubes and toss it in dry maida coating mixture. Then dip it in egg mixture. Then toss it in bread crumbs. Then again dip into egg mixture and then toss it in bread crumbs once again. To get nicely coated all over, do it piece by piece.

Deep fry the coated chicken pieces on medium high heat until the preparation gets nice desired color. Do not put all the chicken at once into oil, but fry them batch by batch for better results. Now spread them a paper towel to absorb excess oil.

Step 6:
Arrange the yummy Popcorn Chicken in a serving plate and serve hot with tomato ketchup. Bon appétit!

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Tehri or Aloo Pulao

Tehri is a popular rice dish cooked with the chunks of potatoes.  It is a famous item in the North Indian daily menu and cooked in every household.  Sometimes this delicious rice preparation is also called Aloo Pulao.  There are various ways to prepare this dish, some add seasonal vegetables, carrot chunks, green peas, etc. which makes the dish yummy and colorful too.  Here is a basic recipe; but you can make variations to adjust to your taste buds. 

Tehri (Aloo Pulao) with Raita
Photo: Seema Iqbal 
Ingredients:
1.  Basmati rice: ½ kg. soaked for 30 minutes 
2.  Oil: 3 to 4 tablespoon
3.  Cardamom: 3 Nos. whole
4.  Cloves: 3 Nos. whole
5.  Black peppercorns: 10 Nos.
6.  Cinnamon stick: 1 inch piece
7.  Cumin seeds whole: ¾ tablespoon (optional)
8.  Onion: 2 No. medium size, chopped
9.  Ginger-garlic paste: ¾ tablespoon
10.  Green Chilli: 2 - 3 Nos. chopped
11.  Curry leaves: 10 to 12 Nos.
12.  Red chilli powder: ¾ tablespoon
13.  Turmeric powder: ¼ tablespoon
14.  Salt: to taste
15.  Potatoes: 3 Nos. medium size, cut into chunks
16.  Tomatoes: 2 Nos. chopped
17.  Water: almost double the quantity of rice
18.  Coriander leaves: 1 cup, chopped

Tehri served in Platter
Photo: Seema Iqbal
Step by step method for easy cooking:
Step 1:
Wash and soak rice in water for 20 – 30 minutes.  Keep rest of the ingredients ready and handy.

Step 2:
In a rice pot, heat oil, add whole Garam Masala (ingredient No. 3 to 6), add cumin seeds (optional) and sauté for a minute.  Then add onion and fry until golden brown.  Now add ginger-garlic paste, green chilli, curry leaves, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt (approximately 1 tablespoonful) and sauté them together for a minute.  Now add one cup of water and when it boils add potato chunks and tomatoes and cook until potatoes are 90% done.

Step 3:
Now add rest of the water and bring to boiling point.  Add rice to the boiling water and slow down the flame after two minutes.  Add coriander leaves, mix only once and cover the rice pot.  Let it cook on low flame, which might take approximately 10 - 12 minutes.

Home-cooked Tehri and cucumber raita
Photo: Seema Iqbal
The Tehri or Aloo Pulao is now ready to serve!  Transfer the preparation to serving plate, garnish and serve with any Raita.  Indian pickle is also a good accompaniment for this delicious dish.

Important and useful tips:
1. Using chunks of carrot and some green peas would add to taste and color.
2. You may also add a 2 cubes of Maggi Chicken Stock for excellent result, but if have doubt in finding Halal product you better avoid it.
3. You may also serve cucumber raita, Indian pickle or any gravy as accompaniment.


The recipe of this rice preparation is also published at: 

Chilli Chicken

Chilli Chicken is one of the Indo Chinese dishes (also known as Chicken Chilli) that most of us have craving for, from time to time.  There are plenty of variations of this preparation and each one differs in taste, aroma and appearance.  Some chefs even include crushed cashew nuts to make it real rich and crunchy.  Here I have used a simple method with modified recipe for the ease of home-cooking.  And guess what?  It is very much liked by all at home and has received lots of appreciation from the guests too.  I am sure you all will like it too.  Let’s start… Bon appétit!
Chilli Chicken - an indo chinese cuisine
Photo: Seema Iqbal
Ingredients - group 1: (for marinating chicken)
1.  Chicken bite-size cubes: 500- 600 grams (boneless preferred)
2.  Ginger-garlic paste: 1 tablespoon
3.  Cornflour: 2 tablespoon
4.  Pepper powder: 1/2 tablespoon
5.  Red chilli powder: ¾ tablespoon (adjust to your taste)
6.  Salt: to taste
7.  Egg: 1 No

Ingredient group 2: (for frying marinated chicken)
1.  Oil: 1 cup

Ingredients - group 3: (for preparing masala base)
1.  Oil: 2 - 3 tablespoon
2.  Dry red chilli: 2 Nos. cut into big pieces
3.  Chopped ginger: 1/2 inch piece
4.  Chopped garlic: 5 - 7 cloves
5.  Onion, medium size: 2 Nos (diced)
6.  Capsicum: 1 No (diced)
7.  Green chilli (chopped): 2 Nos
8.  Red chilli powder: 1/2 tablespoon
9.  Pepper powder: 1/2 tablespoon
10. White vinegar: 1 - 2 tablespoon
11. Dark soya sauce: 2 - 3 tablespoon
12. Sugar: ½ tablespoon
13. Ajinomoto (MSG): ½ tablespoon
14. Salt: to taste
15. Coriander leaves:  ½ cup (chopped)
16. Water: 1 cup (can adjust to your desired consistency)
17. Cornstarch: 3 tablespoon (mixed in ½ cup of water)

Ingredients - group 4 (for garnishing)
1.  Coriander leaves: 2 tablespoon (roughly chopped)
2.  Green chili: 2 - 3 Nos (slit lengthwise) 

Home cooked Chilli Chicken - closeup shot
Photo: Seema Iqbal
Method:  Step by step method for easy cooking
Step 1:  Wash chicken and keep aside to drain water completely.  Keep rest of the ingredients ready and handy.

Step 2:  Marinating chicken.
In a mixing bowl add boneless chicken dices, ginger-garlic paste, cornflour, pepper powder, chilli powder and salt and mix it well.  Now add egg, mix again and marinate for 30 minutes.  (ref. ingredient group 1)

Step 3:  Frying the chicken.
Now take a heavy-bottom frying pan, add oil and heat it. (ref. ingredient group 2).  Once the oil is hot, fry the marinated chicken until it is done.  Remove the fried chicken pieces from oil and keep aside.

Step 4: Preparing masala base.
Take a wok (chinese cooking pan) and add 3 tablespoon of oil and heat it.  Add red chilli cuts, chopped ginger and garlic and sauté them for 1 minute on high flame.  Now add onion and capsicum dices, green chilli, red chilli powder, pepper powder, white vinegar, dark soya sauce, a pinch of sugar, ajinomoto, a pinch of salt and sauté until the onion dices turn to golden brown.  Add chopped coriander leaves and 1 cup of water and bring it to boiling point.  Now add cornstarch water spoon by spoon to get desired consistency on medium heat.  (ref. ingredients group 3)

Step 5: Now add already fried chicken and turn stove to high flame.  Keep mixing and tossing it for 2 – 3 minutes.  The Chilli Chicken of Indo Chinese style is now ready to serve.  It’s that easy!

Step 6: Serving.
Transfer the preparation from wok to a serving bowl or plate, garnish with roughly chopped coriander leaves and slit green chilli (ref. ingredient group 4) and serve.  Goes very well with paratha, chapati, naan, any type of roti and even with rice preparations.

Important and useful tips:
1. Use only fresh ingredients for alluring aroma and taste.
2. During step 3, don’t put all the chicken into oil at once, but fry them batch by batch.
3. You can adjust the quantity of water as per the texture and consistency you desire, at step 4.
4. Using a teaspoonful of store-bought chilli-garlic sauce will add to taste and color during step 4.
5. Since this dish has a Chinese touch, it requires the use of MSG (monosodium glutamate) which is commonly known as Ajinomoto. You may avoid it if you don’t like.
6. To prepare Dry Chilli Chicken add very little of water instead of a cup full at step 4, also reduce water ratio for preparing cornstarch mix.
7. Step 3 and Step 4 can be cooked simultaneously if your stove has 2 burners. 
8. Be careful while adding salt because ingredients like vinegar and soya sauce contains some salt in it.

This Chilli Chicken recipe is also published in:

Yakhni Biryani

Here goes the basic recipe for the delicious Yakhni Biryani, a meat and rice dish of marvelous taste.  It is a classic North Indian dish cooked differently south Indian Biryanis and holds a high place in north Indian menu.  It gets its name from the Yakhni - the meat stock - it is cooked in.
Home cooked Yakhni Biryani
Photo: Seema Iqbal
Ingredients - group 1
1. Lamb/Mutton: 1 Kg
2. Onion (medium size, chopped lengthwise): 3 - 4 Nos
3. Turmeric powder:  a very small pinch
4. Tomato (small - medium size chopped): 4 - 5 Nos

Ingredients - group 2
1. Oil: 5 - 6 Tablespoons
2. Onion: 2 (medium size, chopped lengthwise)
3. Ginger-garlic paste: 2 ½ Tablespoons
4. Green chilies (less hot ones): 8 - 10 Nos
5. Salt:  To taste
6. Lemon juice: 1½ Tablespoons
7. Yogurt: 2½ Tablespoons
8. Rice: 1 Kg. (Soaked in water for 10 minutes. Use short grain rice like Jeerakasala or the rice which is generally used to prepare ghee rice)
9. Coriander leaves (Cilantro) coarsely chopped:  1 Cup
10.Water (generally for short-grain rice, a ratio of 1.5 cups of water is required to every 1 cup of rice)
Ingredients used to cook this Yakhni Biryan
Photo: Seema Iqbal
Step by step method for easy cooking:
Step 1:  Keep all the ingredients ready and handy.

Step 2:  Take a cooker, add lamb/mutton, turmeric powder and chopped onion, mix it and let it cook till the mutton is 75% done.  Then remove the lid and add chopped tomatoes and cook it until tomatoes are dissolved, then keep aside. (This step needs only the ingredients listed in group 1 above. No oil or water is needed at this stage).

Step 3:  Take a heavy-bottom cooking vessel and heat the oil.  Add chopped onion, ginger-garlic paste and sauté them for 2 to 3 minutes.  Now add green chilies (less spicy ones), already cooked mutton/lamb (step 2) and sauté it for 2 more minutes.  Now add salt, lemon juice, yogurt and cook for 3 to 4 minutes, keep stirring from time to time.  Then add water as per the ratio mention above (refer item 10) and turn the flame to high.  While it starts to boil, add soaked rice and wait for 1 minute.  Now add chopped Cilantro leaves and mix the whole thing very carefully without causing any damage to the boiling rice.  Now cover the lid tightly and cook in low flame until rice is fully done.  This would take 6 to 7 minutes but keep checking to be on safer side.  The delicious Yakhni Biryani is now ready to serve.
Yakhni Biryani served with onion-tomato salad
Photo: Seema Iqbal
Serving:
Serve the hot and yummy Yakhni Biryani with a portion of traditional onion-tomatoes salad or raita, or any other side dish of your liking.  Pickle is a great combination too.  Bon appétit!
Yakhni Biryani served with home cooked KFC type chicken
Photo: Seema Iqbal
Important and useful tips:
1. You may adjust the water-rice ratio based on the type of rice you would use.
2. Short grain rice is always advised for this dish but basmati rice also goes well.
3. If the meat is real tender then avoid using cooker at Step 2.
4. You may replace the lamb/mutton with chicken or any meat of your liking, but adjust the cooking time accordingly.
5. In case you don’t find the chilies that are less hot, you may have to reduce the quantity.

My Yakhni Biryani recipe is published in:
     1.  www.coastaldigest.com

Meat Steaks in Ginger-Garlic Sauce

Steaks are flat cuts of meat pan-fried or barbequed and served in thick sauce of different flavors.  Loaves of bread with butter, potato chips (french fries) and green salads are great accompaniment for the steaks.  Condiments like mayonnaise and ketchups goes well too.  Steaks can be served for breakfast, lunch or dinner, and a great idea for picnics.  Boneless flat cuts of tender beef is always preferred.  This particular recipe is modified and Indianized, so that even those who do not have barbeque facilities can also cook it with ease at homes.
Home-cooked steak arranged on veg bed
Photo: Seema Iqbal
Ingredients - set 1 (for marinating)
Boneless meat: 1 kg (cut into flat pieces)
Ginger-garlic paste: 3 tablespoon
Soya sauce: 3 tablespoon
Olive oil:  3 tablespoon
White vinegar: 1.5 tablespoon
Salt:  to taste

Ingredients - set 2 (for sauce)
Chicken stock: 1 cube
Ginger-garlic paste: 2 tablespoon
White vinegar: 1 tablespoon
Soya sauce: 3 tablespoon
Corn flour: 2 tablespoon
Cabbage: 1 cup (sliced) 
Bell pepper (capsicum): 1 no (sliced) 
Carrot: 1 no (peeled and cut)

Ingredients - set 3 (for presentation)
Sliced cabbage: 1 cup 
Sliced bell pepper: 1 cup 
Sliced carrot: 1 cup
Steak in ginger-garlic sauce, ready to eat
Photo: Seema Iqbal
Method:  Step by step method for easy cooking
Step 1: Take the meat pieces and hammer them using a meat hammer or rolling pin and put them in a bowl.  Now add ginger-garlic paste, soya sauce, white vinegar, salt, olive oil (ingredients set 1) and marinate the meat for 1- 2 hours.  You may also refrigerate the marinated steaks overnight. 

Step 2: Take a serving plate; arrange sliced cabbage, carrot, and bell peppers (ingredients set 3) on the sides and keep aside.  You may also make a bed of these veggies to arrange the cooked steaks over it.    

Step 3: Take a heavy-bottom pan and pre-heat it.  Add some oil and pan-fry the hammered and marinated meat one side at a time until it is done.  You may also deep fry the meat instead of pan-frying.  Once done, arrange the beef steaks evenly in serving plate which is already arranged with veggies (refer step 2), and keep it aside but don’t allow it to cool down. 

Step 4: Prepare corn starch by mixing the corn flour in a cup of warm water.   The corn starch is required for thickening the steak sauce to bring it to a desired consistency.  
  
Step 5: To prepare sauce, take the same pan in which the meat is fried (no need to remove residue as it adds to the taste) and add 4 cup of water and heat it.  While heating add chicken stock, ginger garlic paste, vinegar, soya sauce and keep stirring slowly.  Once it comes to boiling point, add cabbage, bell pepper and carrot (you may add any vegetable of your choice at this point).  Now add corn starch spoon by spoon, keep stirring steadily so that the sauce becomes a bit thick and lumps-free.  Once the desired thickness is achieved switch off the stove.

Step 6: Now pour the hot and spicy sauce on top of beef steaks which is already arranged in the serving plate.  

Step 7: Serve yummy beef steaks with toasted bread slices and butter.  The steak is always accompanied by potato chips and green salads.  Bon Appétit.

Important and useful tips:
You can check the doneness by cutting into the middle of steak. 

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Lamb Zeera-Pepper Dry

A lamb dish of Indian style and flavor prepared using minimal spices, but rich in aroma and taste.
Home made Lamb Zeera-Pepper Dry
Photo: Seema Iqbal
Ingredients set 1:
Mutton:  500 - 600 grams (small pieces - washed)
Oil:  3 tablespoon
Whole cardamom:  3 Nos.
Clove:  5 Nos.
Cinnamon:  ½ inch piece
Curry leaves: 10 to 12 Nos. - fresh
Green chilly:  1 number (slit)
Onion:  2 (medium size - chopped)
Ginger garlic paste:  1 tablespoon
Turmeric powder:  ¼ tablespoon
Salt:  for taste
Pepper powder:  ½ tablespoon
Coriander leaves (cilantro):  2 tablespoon (finely chopped)
Water: ½ cup – ¾ cup (as needed)

Ingredients set 2:
Whole coriander seeds:  ¾ tablespoon
Whole cumin seeds:  ¾ tablespoon
Whole red chilly:  2 Nos.

Ingredients set 3:
Coriander leave (cilantro): 2 tablespoons (roughly chopped for garnishing)
Green chilly:  1 No. (slit and seeds removed - optional)

Method - step by step - for easy cooking.
Step 1: Take a heavy-bottom pan and add whole coriander seeds, whole cumin seeds and red chilies (ingredient set 2) and dry roast them on low flame for 2 minutes.  Let it cool down, then make coarse powder or roughly crush them and keep it aside.

Step 2: Take the same pan, add 3 tbsp oil and heat it on low flame.  Add whole Cardamom, Cloves, Cinnamon, Curry leaves and sauté it for 3 minutes.  Then add 1 slit green chilly, chopped onion, ginger-garlic paste and sauté until onions become golden brown.  Now add mutton, turmeric powder, salt, pepper powder, mix well and cook it for 15 minutes.

Step 3: Now add the mixture of coarsely crushed/powdered coriander, cumin and red chilli (ingredient set 2) on top, cover the pan and cook it for 5 more minutes.

Step 4: Add ½ cup of water, 2 tablespoon of finely chopped cilantro and mix it well, cover the lid and allow it to cook for 20 minutes on low flame till the lamb is done.

Step 5: Transfer the preparation to a serving bowl, garnish with roughly chopped cilantro and slit – seedless green chilly and serve.

Important and useful tips:
1. Use only freshly prepared mixture for step 3 for alluring aroma.
2. Keep mixing from time to time during step 4.  It will help you to get your desired consistency or you can wait till it dries fully.
3. Follow the steps as mentioned and this lamb preparation will be of tempting aroma and great taste.  Bon appetite!

The recipe of this preparation is also published at: 
     1.  www.coastaldigest.com
     3.  www.vahrehvah.com

Coriander Chicken (Murgh Dhania Masala)

A boneless chicken preparation cooked in cilantro based thick green gravy.  Delicious and easy to cook, a very good accompaniment to all kinds of Indian rotis, idly or even rice.  
Home made Murgh Dhania Masala (Coriander Chicken)
Photo: Seema Iqbal
Ingredients - group 1
Chicken:  500 - 600 grams (boneless - washed)
Oil:  3 tablespoon
Curry leaves:  10 leaves - fresh
Whole cardamom:  3 nos
Clove:  4 nos
Cinnamon stick:  ½ inch piece
Ginger Garlic paste:  1 tablespoon
Onion (small):  1 no. (finely chopped)
Cumin seeds:  ¼ tablespoon
Coriander powder:  ½ tablespoon (use freshly dry-roasted and crushed dhania for extra flavor)
Turmeric powder:  ¼ tablespoon
Yogurt:  ¾ cup (thick yogurt preferred)
Salt:  to taste

Ingredients - group 2
Green chilli:  3 - 4 nos. (increase chilli if you like the preparation real hot)
Coriander leaves (Cilantro):  One and half cup (chopped)
Curry leaves:  7 - 8 leaves (fresh)

Ingredients - group 3
Poppy seeds:  ¾ tablespoon
Coconut:  ½ cup (grated)

Method:  Step by step method for easy cooking
Step 1:  Grind green chili, coriander leaves and curry leaves (refer to ingredients - group 2 above) adding very little quantity of water to get a thick but fine paste.

Step 2:  Grind poppy seeds and grated coconut (ingredients – group 3) with very little water to make it a fine paste.

Step 3:  Take a heavy-bottom pan and add oil and heat it.  Now add cardamom, clove, cinnamon, curry leaves, cumin seeds, chopped onion and sauté it until onion becomes transparent.  Add ginger garlic paste, coriander powder, turmeric powder and keep sautéing for 2 minutes.  Now add paste of poppy seeds and coconut, and sauté it for 2 minutes.  Then add paste of cilantro (coriander leaves), green chilly and curry leaves (ingredients - group 2) and also add yogurt and sauté it for 2 more minutes.  Now add boneless chicken and salt and mix it well.  Cook it on high flame to bring it to boiling point then cover the lid and allow it to cook for 20 minutes on low flame until chicken is fully done.

Transfer the preparation to a serving bowl, garnish if with tomato-rose and mint leaves as seen in picture.  The yummy quick dish is ready to serve hot!

Important and useful tips:
Use only fresh ingredients for alluring aroma and taste.  Let the chicken (murgh is Indian name for chicken) cook in its own juices and thick masala, no need to add water during cooking process to maintain desired thick consistency.

This recipe of Murgh Dhania Masala is also published at: 
     1.  www.coastaldigest.com

Shami Kabab

Shami Kabab is a delicious lamb/meat preparation, very popular among all types of Kababs in Indian subcontinent.  Easy to prepare and can be stored in refrigerators for real long time. A good accompaniment for any kind of meals and even served as snacks with evening tea. Children love them and hence Shamai Kabab is a great idea for children’s lunch-box too.  Shami Kabab is a favorite item during Iftar time in Ramadan days in many parts of the country.  There are different ways to make Shami Kababs but this method is the easiest one as it doesn’t need minced/ground meat.
Home made Shami Kabab
Photo: Seema Iqbal
Simple Ingredients:
Boneless lamb (or any meat of your choice): 1 kg.
Water: ½ cup
Onion (chopped): 2 nos.
Split Bengal gram – soaked (Chana dal):  ¼ kg.
Cumin seeds: 1tablespoon
Ginger: ½ inch piece
Garlic: 5 - 6 cloves
Turmeric powder: ¼ tablespoon
Red Chilli (crushed): 1tablespoon
Garam-masala powder: ½ teaspoon
Salt to taste
Lemon juice: 1 ½ tablespoon
Green chilli: 2 nos.
Coriander leaves: ½ cup (chopped)
Egg: 2 nos. (beaten)
Oil: for shallow frying

Method:  Step by step method for easy cooking
Step 1:  In a pressure-cooker add boneless meat, water, chopped onion, soaked chana dal, cumin seeds, ginger, garlic, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, garam-masala powder and salt -- cover the lid and cook it till the meat is done.  Open the lid, mix well and cook for some more time until all water evaporates.

Step 2:  Now grind this mixture of cooked meat and ingredients in a food-processor adding lemon juice, slit green chilli, and coriander leaves, to get a thick coarse paste.

Step 3:  Now make small dumplings of the mixture and press it between your palms to get flat circular croquettes, which is the right shape for Shami Kabab.  Approximately 1 ½ to 2 inch diameter and up to ½ in thick croquettes are ideal in size.

Step 4:  Now take a frying pan and heat oil.  Once oil is hot dip the Kabab in beaten egg and shallow fry them on low heat till they get nice brown colour.  You can also use ghee or butter instead of oil.

Step 5:  Serve Shami Kabab garnished with chopped coriander leaves, lemon pieces and onion rings as seen in picture. Bon appetite!

Important and useful tips:
Do not overcook or over grind the meat. Meat mixture has to retain its fiber texture for great taste.  After step 3 you can also store the Kabab for real long time.  It remains fresh in refrigerator for a week or even more.

This recipe of Shami Kabab is also published at: 
     1.  www.coastaldigest.com
     2.  www.seemaiqbal.blogspot.com