Chapli Kabab...
This is an Afgani dish as I have been told. I tried it first time in my life a couple of years back at one of the shops in Green Street in East London. Since then I make sure that I order one everytime I go to East London. The taste, the spices, the fragrance everything is just divine.
My wife watched it recently on a cookery show on tele and we gave it a try. It turned out wonderful and very very easy. The main idea is all the spices are crushed types and not proper powders.
Ingredients:
* Keema 250 gms
* Dhania (whole) 2 tsp
* Red chilli powder (crushed) 1 tsp
* Anar daana (pomogranate seeds) 2 tsp
* Black pepper (crushed) 7-8
* Ginger garlic paste 1-2 tsp
* Red chillies (2-3) crushed
* Fresh Corriander
* Onion 1 medium (finely chopped)
* Tomato 1 medium (finely chopped)
* 1 egg
* Roasted gram flour 2 tbsp
Procedure:
Mix all the ingredients thoroughly exept egg and roasted gram flour.
Beat egg, fry half into kind of scrambled egg. Add it to the keema mix.
Mix the remaining half beaten egg to the mix and also the gram flout.
Marinate it in kitchen for 2-3 hours.
Roll the kabab mix into a paratha type thingee and shallow fry till dark brown.
Serve hot with nan bread.
that's an interesting recipe...anaar daana might add a tanginess, i suppose...one more in the to do list...
Posted by indianadoc | Sat Aug 26, 03:44:00 PM GMT
yeah it adds a bit of tanginess and a very distinctive texture as well. Give it a try and let me know :-)
Posted by Saleem Pothiwala | Sat Aug 26, 09:45:00 PM GMT
bariama makes best ones afghani kebab but i am going to try ur recpie today n gonna impress her *cool*
Posted by Anonymous | Tue Sep 05, 09:27:00 AM GMT
yeah try it ... it is simple and delicious but am sure not as tasty as bariamas... unse bhi recipe pooch lena
Posted by Saleem Pothiwala | Tue Sep 05, 10:19:00 AM GMT
just a little tip....you might want to add some cornmeal (note: NOT cornflour) to it. Makes it more tasty :)
Posted by Anonymous | Mon Sep 18, 12:06:00 PM GMT
Thank you! I've been looking and looking for an "authentic" recipe for chapli kabab! Which tv show did your wife see this on? Thanks again. Love your blog.
Posted by Anonymous | Thu Nov 09, 11:30:00 AM GMT
thanks Gaijin
my wife watched the breakfast cooking show on ARY Digital :-)
Posted by Saleem Pothiwala | Thu Nov 09, 09:01:00 PM GMT
Daagh, Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. I made this recently and it was delicious. Both my husband & I enjoyed this dish very much. Thanks. :)
Posted by Anonymous | Thu Jan 18, 02:37:00 AM GMT
thanks sha :-) am glad you and your hubby liked it
Posted by Saleem Pothiwala | Thu Jan 18, 04:28:00 PM GMT
hi daagh
i put cornmeal in it also.it binds it and doesnot let it break when shallow frying.but will like to eat it according to ur recipe when i will meet u.
bye moti
Posted by Anonymous | Wed Jun 20, 11:12:00 AM GMT
ahan... will try adding some cornmeal next time
Posted by Saleem Pothiwala | Wed Jun 20, 11:19:00 AM GMT
I really like your site. You make even the most complicated recipes sound easy. - DrSarah
Posted by Anonymous | Thu Sep 11, 12:14:00 PM GMT
thanks Dr.
Posted by Saleem Pothiwala | Tue Sep 30, 11:57:00 AM GMT