Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, shami kabab recipe | shami kebab recipe | how to make veg shami kebab is a vegetarian Indian snack made with black chickpea, onion, and ginger in about 50 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 40 minutes
- Total time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 10 Servings
- Category: Snack
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
for pressure cooking:
- 2 cup black chickpea (soaked overnight)
- ¼ onion (sliced)
- 1 inch ginger
- 2 clove garlic
- 2 dried red chilli
- 1 green chilli
- 5 cloves
- 1 inch cinnamon
- 1 black cardamom
- ½ tsp pepper
- 1 tsp coriander seeds
- 1 tsp cumin / jeera
- ¼ tsp turmeric
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 cup water
other ingredients:
- 3 tbsp besan / gram flour (roasted)
- 2 tbsp mint (finely chopped)
- 2 tbsp coriander (finely chopped)
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- ½ tsp salt
- oil for frying
Method
- firstly, pressure cook all the ingredients listed pressure cooking for 5 whistle.
- drain off the water and blend coarsely without adding any water.
- further add 3 tbsp roasted besan.
- also add 2 tbsp mint, 2 tbsp coriander, 1 tsp lemon juice and ½ tsp salt.
- mix well making sure all the spices are combined well.
- further grease hand with oil and prepare patties.
- now deep fry, shallow fry or pan fry the patties in hot oil. alternatively, preheat and bake at 180 degree celsius for 30 minutes.
- flip and fry both the sides on medium flame till it turns golden and crisp.
- finally, serve veg shami kebab with onion, lemon and green chutney.
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.
