Simple, flavorful and delicious Lamb Kababs made with fresh herbs and spices. These can be fried, grilled in oven or over charcoal fire. Serve these as appetizer or as a side in your meal.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 10 minutes
  • Cook time: 30 minutes
  • Total time: 40 minutes
  • Yield: 12 · 12 kababs
  • Category: Appetizer
  • Cuisine: Mughlai

Ingredients

  • 400 grams mutton (or chicken keema or minced meat)
  • 1 medium onion (finely chopped)
  • ½ cup roasted besan (or gram flour (substitute with bread crumbs))
  • ½ cup bread crumbs ((optional, use as needed))
  • 1½ tsp garam masala (or mutton masala (or use as needed))
  • 1 tsp coriander powder (or daniya powder)
  • ½ cup mint leaves (or pudina chopped)
  • 1 to 2 green chilies (chopped or paste (refer notes))
  • ¾ tsp salt ((use as needed))
  • 1½ tbsp ginger garlic paste
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • oil (as needed for frying or grilling)

Method

Preparation

  1. If using besan or gram flour roast it well on a medium flame until it turns fragrant. Set this aside. Cool this completely. You can skip this step by replacing gram flour with bread crumbs.
  2. Add mutton to a mixing bowl.
  3. Transfer the flour, bread crumbs, garam masala, coriander powder and salt.
  4. Next also add in finely chopped mint, coriander leaves, ginger garlic paste and green chilies.
  5. Pour lemon juice.
  6. Mix everything well to make a dough like mixture. Make sure it is not soggy and is firm. If the mixture is soggy add in more bread or besan.
  7. Cover and set aside for 30 mins to 1 hour. You can also refrigerate overnight.

Making mutton kabab

  1. Divide the dough to 12 portions and make balls.
  2. Then flatten them to 1/3 inch kabab. Set them aside in a plate.
  3. Deep fry them in hot oil until golden. Regulate the flame to medium after half done. When golden remove to a kitchen tissue.
  4. These can be grilled over the charcoal fire or grilled in oven at 240 C for 25 mins on each side. To grill in oven place them on a greased tray. Brush them lightly with oil.
  5. Serve mutton kabab with mint chutney or with biryani rice.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.