Thursday, July 31, 2014

Vegetable Seekh Kebab/Kabab

                                                               Seekh Kababs or Kebabs are usually made with minced meat and spices but this is a vegetarian Kebab made with mashed vegetables,spices and cashew nut powder and cooked in the similar way.If you have a Tandoor you can surely make it in that,otherwise you can bake it in the oven or grill it or you can simple toast it on a hot tawa.It is served with sliced onions lime juice and mint chutney with curd.All of us love Vegetable seekh Kebab and whenever we go out for dinner to a North Indian restaurant or Kebab place this kebab is our first choice!!!

This is the kebab i tried on the tawa!!!!!

You will Need

  • One small Onion
  • Two Green Chilli
  • One small piece of Ginger
  • Three pods of Garlic
  • 3-4 Potatoes
  • One Carrot
  • One handful Green peas
  • One handful Sweet corn
  • Half tsp Turmeric powder
  • Salt to taste
  • One tsp Garam masala
  • One tbs of Oil
  • One tbs chopped Coriander Leaves
  • Skewer Sticks
  • Roasted Gram Powder
  • Cashewnut powder
  • Mint chutney


How to
1.Grind One small onion,green chilli,garlic pods and ginger.
 2.Grind to a coarse paste.
 3.Heat Oil in a pan and fry the ground paste.
 4.Addthe finely chopped vegetables(carrot,peas,corn)you can add beans and cabbage too.Add turmeric powder,salt and fry further.
 5.Add the boiled and mashed potato,garam masala mix well and then add the cashewnut powder and roasted gram powder(pottukkadalai powder).
 6.Add chopped coriander leaves and allow it to cool.
  7.If you are making the kebabs in the oven or tandoor soak the skewer sticks in water for an hour.Take a skewer stick and take a portion of the vegetable and stick to the skewer lenghthwise as shown in the picture.
8.Arrange in a baking tray or grill.apply oil on top with a brush and bake for 6-8 minutes at 220 degrees in a preheated oven or you can grill or toast it on a tawa.

Serve with mint chutney with curds and sliced onions and sprinkle some chat masala on top of the kebabs.
Notes
  • Adjust the spice level according to your taste and the quantity you are making.
  • Soak the skewers in water before putting it in the tandoor or oven.


3 comments:

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Anonymous said...

Hello how much grama powder shud be added?

jaya's recipes said...

Add enough to roll it and it is not sticky