Beef & Pork Recipes - Shami Kebabs

Ingredients

• 45 ml/3 tbsp ghee

• 1 onion, minced

• 2 cloves garlic, crushed

• 1 cm/1/2 in ginger root. minced

• 4 dried red chilies

• 5 ml/1 tsp ground coriander (cilantro).

• 5 ml/1 tsp ground turmeric

• 2.5 ml/1/2 tsp ground cumin.

• 2.5 ml/1/2 tsp garam masala

• pinch of ground cinnamon

• pinch of ground cardamom

• pinch of ground cloves

• 2.5 ml/1/2 tsp ground almonds

• 15 ml/1 gram flour

• 450 g/1 lb minced (ground) beef

• salt

• 15 ml/1 tbsp coconut cream.

• 150ml/1/4 pt/2/3 cup natural (plain) yoghurt

• 5 ml/1 tsp chopped fresh mint

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Method:

1. Heat half the ghee and fry the onion garlic, ginger and chilies for 3-4 minutes. Stir in the spices and almonds and cook over a low heat for 5 minutes.

2. Stir in the flour beef salt and coconut cream and cook for 10 minutes. Remove form the pan and grind the mixture to a paste.

3. Blend the yoghurt, mint and salt to taste. Shape spoonfuls of the meat mixture into balls a and place 2.5cm/1/2 tsp of yoghurt in the centre.

4. Shape the meat around the yoghurt to form flat, round cutlets. Heat the remaining ghee and fry the cutlets until golden brown. serve hot with onion rings and salad.