Few days back I had been to a buffet lunch with my team members. The buffet has the same usual spread of Indian and chines starters, salads, biryanis and dessert.
In starters section one thing that caught my attention was this "Navaratna vegetable seekh kebab". Though it was bit on the dry side, I liked its subtle flavours.
I could make out couple of obvious ingredients such has panner (Indian cottage cheese), potato and Cardamom. The taste was lingering on my palates.
I wanted to give it a try but was little skeptical about the outcome because I had heard shaping seekh kebab is tricky.
Well it worth the try because these kebabs turned out to be very good. Flavourful and melt in mouth. The saffron, cardamom and dry fruits gave it a Sahi (Royal) touch.
Shahi vegetable seekh kebab
Ingredients
- ½ cup potato (boiled and mashed)
- ⅓ cup carrot
- ½ cup beans
- ½ cup peas
- 2 tbsps besan / chickpea flour
- 2 tbsps bread crumbs
- 1 tbsp ghee /oil more for grilling
- ½ tsp turmeric
- 2 green chilli medium finely chopped
- 1 tsp ginger heaped grated
- 1 tsp cumin roasted powder
- ½ tsp garam masala
- 3 pods cardamom powdered
- 1 tbsp cashew raisin copped and each
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 1 pinch Saffron (soaked in 1 tbsp warm milk)
- to taste salt
- 1 cup pickled onion Coriander and mint chutney , to serve
Instructions
- Heat oil in a pan, add grated ginger and chopped green chillies. Fry for 30 seconds.
- First add chopped carrot, saute for 4-5 minutes then add beans and peas. Next add turmeric. Saute until the raw smell is gone and vegetables are cooked.
- The vegetables shouldn't be too dry. It should retain little bit of moister in it.
- Cool down and grind to a coarse paste ( We don't need a fine paste here neither any big chunks).
- In another dry pan roast besan / gram flour until it is fragrant, light golden brown in color and no raw smell is there.
- In a big bowl add grated panner, mashed potato, vegetable paste and all other remaining ingredient. Give it a good mix.
- Divide the mixer into 8- 10 equal portions. Skewer the kebabs onto oiled skewers and grill or roast till the outside is nicely browned.
Notes
- Baste frequently with oil while grilling.The consistency of mixture is very important. If it is too dry or too wet, the mixture will not stick to the skewer.
- I used grill pan to grill alternatively it can be baked in pre-heated oven at 180 degree for 10-12 mins turning in between.
- It is ideal to use flat skewers. I didn't have any so used the normal thin round skewer.
- If you find it difficult to skewer it, then don't worry you can make them as 'tikkis' (circular paties) as well.
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