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    Mutton Shami Kebab Recipe

    Last Updated On: Apr 8, 2025 by Aarthi

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    Mutton Shami Kebab Recipe with step by step pictures. This recipe has a perfect blend of aromatic spices and a crunchy outer which will be great as a starter dish.

    Mutton Shami Kebab

    Shami kebab is one dish which i wanted to try for quite a long time. When i looked over in google i came across lots of recipes. But nothing gave me satisfaction untill i saw sanjeev kapoors recipe. It looked quite easy to try as well. So i tried it and loved it to the core. 

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    Ingredients for Mutton Shami Kebab

    • Mutton / Lamb - 250 grams boneless
    • Chana Dal / Kadalai Paruppu - 1 tbsp
    • Onion - 1 medium size sliced thinly
    • Coriander leaves - 3 to 4 tbsp
    • Egg - 1
    • Dry Red Chillies - 2 to 4
    • Ginger - 1 tablespoon chopped
    • Garlic - 1 tablespoon chopped
    • Salt to taste
    • Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
    • Oil - 3 tablespoon + for shallow frying
     

    This recipe calls for few ingredients, one of that is fried onions and chana dal. In the pictures you will see a whole lot of fried onions which i was cooking, that is because i was cooking some other curry as well. So when i fried onions for that curry, i took few spoonful of that for this kebab. But the measurements which i have given in the recipe is perfect for this recipe.

     
     
    Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..

    How to Make Mutton Shami Kebab

    1. Soak chana dal for a hour in water.
    2. Heat 2 tablespoon of oil in a pan, and fry the thinly sliced onions till golden. Drain and set aside.
    3. Take mutton in a mixer and crush them few times so it is minced. Set aside.
    4. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a pan, add in cumin seeds and saute for a min.
    5. Add in dry red chillies, ginger garlic and fry for a min.
    6. Now add in minced mutton and mix well.
    7. Add in drained chana dal, salt and cover the pan with a lid. Cook on a low heat till the dal is cooked through.
    8. Press the dal to see if it is cooked, it should mash up instantly.
    9. Now take this mixture in a blender, along with fried onions and coriander leaves.
    10. Pulse few times to make a mix.
    11. Transfer this mixture to a bowl, take small portion from this and shape it into a ball. flatten it.
    12. Crack open a egg in a bowl and beat it lightly,
    13. Dip the patty in egg and shallow fry in some oil till golden on both sides.
    14. Serve hot with some onion rings.
     
     

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    Mutton Shami Kebab Recipe

    Mutton Shami Kebab Recipe with step by step pictures. This recipe has a perfect blend of aromatic spices and a crunchy outer which will be great as a starter dish.
    4.50 from 2 votes
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    Prep Time 10 minutes mins
    Cook Time 30 minutes mins
    soaking time 1 hour hr
    Total Time 1 hour hr 40 minutes mins
    Course Appetizer
    Servings 15 kebabs
    Calories 7 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 250 grams boneless Mutton / Lamb
    • 1 tablespoon Chana Dal / Kadalai Paruppu
    • 1 medium size sliced thinly Onion
    • 3 to 4 tablespoon Coriander leaves
    • 1 Egg
    • 2 to 4 Dry Red Chillies
    • 1 tablespoon chopped Ginger
    • 1 tablespoon chopped Garlic
    • Salt to taste
    • 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam
    • 3 tablespoon + for shallow frying Oil

    Instructions
     

    • Soak chana dal for a hour in water.
    • Heat 2 tblspn of oil in a pan, and fry the thinly sliced onions till golden. Drain and set aside.
    • Take mutton in a mixer and crush them few times so it is minced. Set aside.
    • Heat 1 tblspn oil in a pan, add in cumin seeds and saute for a min.
    • Add in dry red chillies, ginger garlic and fry for a min.
    • Now add in minced mutton and mix well.
    • Add in drained chana dal, salt and cover the pan with a lid. Cook on a low heat till the dal is cooked through.
    • Press the dal to see if it is cooked, it should mash up instantly.
    • Now take this mixture in a blender, along with fried onions and coriander leaves.
    • Pulse few times to make a mix.
    • Transfer this mixture to a bowl, take small portion from this and shape it into a ball. flatten it.
    • Crack open a egg in a bowl and beat it lightly,
    • Dip the patty in egg and shallow fry in some oil till golden on both sides.
    • Serve hot with some onion rings.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1gCalories: 7kcalCarbohydrates: 1gProtein: 0.5gFat: 0.3gSaturated Fat: 0.1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.1gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.1gTrans Fat: 0.001gCholesterol: 11mgSodium: 5mgPotassium: 24mgFiber: 0.1gSugar: 0.3gVitamin A: 78IUVitamin C: 9mgCalcium: 3mgIron: 0.1mg
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    Mutton Shami Kebab Recipe Step by Step

    Take all your ingredients
    Start by soaking some chana dal in water for 1 hour
    I took a medium size onion and sauted them in some oil
    cook till they turn golden and set aside
    Now take the boneless mutton pieces in a blender or food processor and mince them
     
    Heat oil in a kadai
    add in cumin seeds
    and couple of dry red chillies
    add in chopped ginger and garlic..Fry them for few mins
    Add in the minced mutton
    season with some salt
    keep cooking them
    now add in the soaked chana dal
    mix well
    cover and simmer till the dal is cooked
    now it is almost done
    check by pressing a dal, it should mash up instantly
    i got a lovely colour on the mutton as well..no issues all good
    take this in a blender
    add in the fried onion
    and the coriander leaves
    pulse it few times
    take it in a bowl
    take small portion from it
    shape it into a ball
    press it so it forms a patty
    all done
    crack open a egg
    beat it lightly
    take a patty
    dip it in egg
    cook it on a tawa till golden on both sides
    done done
    enjoy hot
    Enjoy with some onions
    YUM YUM
     
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    1. Anonymous

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      Hee Hee nice Aarthi...I never knew our paruppu vadai is shami kabab,just with addition of mutton.... Cool recipe n easy too...cheers

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    2. Anonymous

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      Hi Aarti. Can I try this recipe with chicken keema?what difference in cooking time for chicken '

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    3. Aarthi

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      @Anonymousyes u can use, but chicken keema gets cooked faster. may be 5 to 7 mins

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    4. hannah

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      Can we store the cooked meat without dipping in egg?

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    5. Aarthi

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      @hannahyes u can..freeze them in a plate and store them in a freezer safe container

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    6. kasper

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      Aarthi,
      Nice looking recipe. I like the addotion of the 'egg net' most recipes don't use that. I have two questions.....

      1) Other than the oil and some moisture from the fried onions is there no other liquid added before cooking down the the ingredients mixture ?

      2) Other Shami recipes i've seen stress the importance of chilling the finished mixture before frying the kebab. They usually say to refrigerate for a minimum of 1 hour, but better to leave it overnight. Does your recipe mixture not need chilling ? Does it fry better / easier if it is chilled ?
      Thanks
      K.

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