Spiced and Flavourful minced chicken skewered to cylindrical shape and grilled.
Course Starters
Cuisine Indian
Keyword Chicken, Diet
Prep Time 13 minutesminutes
Cook Time 25 minutesminutes
Resting Time 30 minutesminutes
Total Time 38 minutesminutes
Servings 5People
Calories 168kcal
Author Muktha H S
Ingredients
For Green Masala paste
1no Onion medium size
6noGarlic Cloves
1inchGinger
3-4no Green Chillies , Use less spice Chillies
10noWhole Cashewnuts
2tablespoonCoriander Leaves
To make seekh kebab
500gramsChicken Breast or Minced Chicken
1teaspoonChat Masala
¼teaspoonTurmeric Powder
1teaspoonGaram Masala
½teaspoonRed Chilli powder
1teaspoonBlack Pepper Powder
1tablespoonLemon Juice
prepared green masala blend
2tablespoonRoasted Gram Flour / Besan
1teaspoonSalt or as required
1teaspoonButter / Oil
1teaspoonMustard Oil to grease pan
Instructions
For Green Masala Paste
In a small mixer jar / blender . add 1 medium size onion ,6 garlic cloves , 1 inch ginger ,4 green chillies , 2 tablespoon coriander leaves and 10 whole cashews. Blend to smooth paste without adding water.
To make seekh Kabab
Wash chicken breast and pat it dry . Place in a food processor and ground the meat to smooth.
Add above prepared green masala paste and spices to minced meat . Blend everything once again ,such that masala and spices are well incorporated with meat.
Take skewers ,shape meat around the skewers in a cylindrical shape . Place this in refrigerator for 30 minutes.If you are using bamboo skewers , soak in water prior 30 minutes and then use the sticks.
To bake in Oven
Preheat the oven to 200 deg celsius.
Grease the oven tray with oil , and arrange the skewers . Drizzle some oil / butter on top of the meat .
Bake in the oven for 15-18 minutes . Half the way around 10 min , take out the tray from oven ,turn the skewers to other side ,baste some oil/ butter and put it back in oven . Continue to bake.
Once done ,change to grill mode and grill for another 4 minutes to get that charred look. If you are not infusing smoke flavour ( charcoal smoking or dhungar method) then you can serve Seekh Kebab straight away or else proceed to next step for Dhungar Method.
To make on stove top
In a frying pan , grease ½ teaspoon of mustard oil .
Arrange skewers on frying pan and cook on medium heat rotating skewers at equal intervals.
Once everything is evenly cooked and turns golden brown on both sides , proceed to infuse smoke using Dhungar Method( Smoking technique)
Charcoal Smoking Technique / Dhungar Method :
Heat a small piece of charcoal on a flame till red hot, with the help of tongs ,keep rotating the charcoal piece till it evenly burns .
In a small bowl , place red hot charcoal and add ½ teaspoon of oil .
Place it immediately inside the Seekh Kebab tray and close it tight , so that smoke gets infused with kebab. Allow smoke to infuse for a minute.
Serve Seekh Kebab garnished with coriander leaves , lemon wedges and mint chutney.
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Notes
If you don't have oven or tandoor or barbeque , alternatively you can cook on grill pan or tava.
Add 1 teaspoon of butter on grill pan , place the skewers and cook on a medium heat ,rotating once in between , cook for around 15- 20 minutes.
In case if water content in chicken and onion is higher and after mincing the meat , if it becomes difficult to hold the shape , then adding cashew powder or little roasted gram flour will help to hold the shape.