Shami Kebab

(Serves ~4)

• Ingredients
  • 500 g minced beef/lamb
  • 2 tsp coriander
  • 1 tsp turmeric
  • 1/2 tsp chili powder
  • Pinch cinnamon
  • 1 pod black cardamom, ground (just the seeds inside)
  • 2 cloves, ground
  • 1 Tbsp gram flour
  • 1-2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup yoghurt (optional - adds a lot of liquid, so you may need to cook it longer or add more gram flour)
  • Oil - for frying, use as much as you need
  • 1 onion, chopped into very small pieces
  • 2 cloves garlic, ground into paste
  • 1/2 inch ginger, ground into paste
  • Squirt of lemon juice
• Instructions
  • Mix meat, all spices, and yoghurt (if you want yoghurt)
  • Fry onions until light brown, add ginger and garlic paste, keep frying briefly
  • Mix meat mixture with fried onione, garlic, and ginger, and cook for 10-15 minutes, until most liquid has evaporated
  • Let mixture cool, add squirt of lemon juice, and knead well
  • Form into small balls and fry by pressing balls into thin, round patties in the frying pan
  • Notes
    • I heard the patties can be coated with egg and bread crumbs before frying, but mine fell apart way too easily
    • If there is too much liquid left in the mixture, the patties will fall apart too easily