Chicken Kebab Recipe

These are the traditional kebabs from South Asian cuisine and are
generally known as Shami Kebabs. They are also made from beef and fish
with the same method. These chicken kebabs take a little more time as
compare to other kebabs but are very tasty and can be used in making
burgers and sandwiches. You can make as much kebabs as you want and
freeze it for months and fry whenever you want. You can easily prepare
30 chicken kebabs from this recipe in just 60 minutes.Ingredients:1
chicken breast100 gm gram lentils (chana daal) 15-20 dry red chili2
tbspn cumin seeds1 tbspn coriander seeds1 tbspn black pepper powder1/2
cup coriander leaves chopped1/2 cup mint leaves chopped8-10 green
chilies chopped2 medium size onion finely chopped1 egg1 tbspn hot mix
spice powder (garam masala)Salt as requiredOil for shallow
fryingprocedure:1. In a deep sauce pan, boil gram lentils in water
with red chili, cumin seeds, coriander leaves and salt. The quantity
of water should enough to cover all the lentils. Boil the lentils for
20-30 minutes until they would become soft.2. After that add chicken
breast in the boiled lentils and add 1-2 cup of water if required
(when all the previous water has been dried) and let it cook until
chicken become tender and soft.3. Now switch off the flame and let it
cool for 5 minutes so that all the steam escape out, then in a chopper
put the mixture and chop so that the chicken and lentils would mix
together with the spices. Don't chop them too much otherwise you
kebabs would break after frying.4. Take out the chopped mixture in a
wide mixing bowl, now its time to add the remaining herbs and spices
i.e. Coriander and mint leaves, green chilies, black pepper, hot mix
spice and egg. Mix all of them together to make smooth dough of
kebab.5. Now take small piece from the mixture and first make a ball
just like meat ball and then press it by using your palm and make flat
circular kebab. Similarly, make rest of the kebabs.6. Take a frying
pan and heat oil to shallow fry the kebabs, Put the kebabs in the pan
and fry till they become brown in color from both sides. If the kebabs
are too soft to handle while frying then coat them in egg before
frying.Serving:Delicious chicken kebab is ready to serve with paratha
or you can also use in bun to make burger.