Thursday, September 12, 2013

Something New - Dahi ke Kababs

Ever tried making something with curd/yogurt/dahi apart from lassi , raita ..the usual stuffs...i hadn't and I wonder why I never made the super delicious Dahi ke kababs before this!!!! On my recent dinner outing to one of the most amazing Indian restaurant in town Durbari at the Swissotel I had ordered a portion...out of my sheer curiosity to understand the taste and texture.To be honest I didn't quite like it there - it had a crunchy coating on the outside and inside was a dollop of cold curd and some sweet chutney. Something was off about the whole thing. I looked up on the net and  found a very nice recipe - here  - it had used a mix of hung curd and chana dal but i replaced that with paneer and gave it a try. The result has been gorgeous. I served it with some sweet chilli sauce and the husband said it was awesome. Well...what more do I need. 



 Ingredients: 

Hung curd - 1 cup

Paneer /cottage cheese - 1 cup - grated

Gram flour /besan - 1 tbsp

Coriander leaves - a handful - finely chopped

Green chilli - 2 nos - finely chopped

Roasted cumin powder /bhuna jeera powder - 1 tbsp

Salt - to taste

Sugar - 1 tsp

Breadcrumbs - for coating the kababs

Oil - for frying

Method:

In a bowl combine all the ingredients except the breadcrumbs and the oil. 

Mix well in to a smooth mixture. Check seasoning. Cover and let it rest in the fridge for half an hour.

In a plate spread out the breadcrumbs. Make little balls of the curd -paneer mixture and flatten them on your palms into tikkis. Make sure your palms are greased with a little oil.

Roll the tikkis/pate into the breadcrumbs. Roll all the tikkis and refrigerate again for 15 mins.


Heat oil in a non stick frying pan - about two tbsp.
Gently tip in the kababs in the hot oil and shallow fry till golden brown on each side.

Serve with sauce of your choice - they are delicious - melt in your mouth types.




Note : I realised later that these kababs can be baked very easily in the oven.If you do not like the fried option , try baking them in the oven at 200 deg C for 20 mins - should turn out just fine.

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