Stuffed meat patties

Name: Stuffed meat patties
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 500 g/¼ lb minced (ground) lamb or beef; 115 g/4 oz/½ cup yellow split gram (channa dhal); 5 ml/1 tsp cumin seeds; 2 large (US extra large) eggs; 25 ml/1½ tbsp cornflour (cornstarch); 6 large garlic cloves, roughly chopped; mint leaves, to garnish; vegetable oil, for shallow frying; 30 ml/2 tbsp coriander (cilantro), chopped; 5 ml/1 tsp salt; 25 g/1 oz blanched almonds; 4 cloves; seeds of 6 green cardamom pods; 2.5 cm/1 in piece of cinnamon stick, crushed; Plain Boiled Rice, to serve; 8–10 black peppercorns; 30 ml/2 tbsp sunflower oil or olive oil; 1 medium onion, roughly chopped; 5 cm/2 in piece of fresh root ginger, chopped; 2 dried red chillies, torn into pieces; 25 g/1 oz desiccated (dry unsweetened shredded) coconut; 1 small onion, chopped; 15 g/½ oz coriander (cilantro) leaves and stalks; 25 ml/½ tbsp lemon juice; 1 fresh green chilli, finely chopped; 1 small tomato, chopped

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Complete Indian Regional Cookbook

By Mridula Baljekar

Published 2017

About

These fragrant, melt-in-the mouth kebabs, Shikampuri Kebab, originated in Shikampur, near Hyderabad. The meat is flavoured with spices, almonds and coconut, and yellow split gram are used as a binding agent. They are then shaped into patties and filled with a flavoursome stuffing before being shallow-fried.

Ingredients

500 g/¼ lb minced (ground) lamb or beef
115 g/4</

Asia
India
Telangana: Hyderabad
Side dish
Starter
Gluten-free

Method

Put the minced meat and the lentile in a pan and add 300 ml/1 pint/¼ cupe water. Bri