Yipeeee!!!, my blog turns ONE today! What a rollicking year it has been… Thanks to your love & support my dear friends, visitors, fellow bloggers & well wishers during this entire year.
Special thanks to my dear younger son Bjorn, who inspired & motivated me to start a food blog… & my hubby Merwyn, who clicks the amazing food photos that you admire so much.
I hope you continue visiting & trying out the recipes which my family loves & which I love to share with you.
“Hilda’s Touch of Spice” will continue to give you recipes that you will relish with your friends & family…
Let’s celebrate the First Blog Birthday of “Hilda’s Touch of Spice” with “Creamy & Juicy Chicken Kabab… Today’s post is the ever popular kabab which has aromatic spices. It is mildly spicy but very flavorful, juicy & creamy. The combination of cream & curds with the queen of spices viz. cardamom & the sweet soothing spices nutmeg & mace make it a deliciously tasty chicken kabab. This kabab is juicy, velvety smooth & melts in the mouth! 😀
Ingredients :
- 500 gms. Chicken Mince
- 1 tbsp. fresh (thick) Garlic paste
- ½ tbsp. fresh (thick) Ginger paste
- 2 Onions( paste)
- 1 Egg (lightly beaten)
- 2 tbsps. fresh (thick) Cream
- 2 tbsps. fresh (thick) Curds
- 1/3 tsp. fresh Green Chilli paste or as per taste
- ¼ tsp. Red Chilli pwd. (optional)
- 1 tsp. roasted Cumin pwd.
- ¼ tsp. All Spice pwd.
- ½ tsp. Nutmeg, Mace & Green Cardamom pwd.
- A pinch each of cinnamon & clove powder
- A sprinkle of White Pepper powder
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp. Vegetable Oil
- Vegetable Oil/Olive Oil for basting
Procedure :
First, strain out excess water from the curds with a muslin cloth.
Mix together chicken mince with all the ingredients mentioned above with one teaspoon oil.
Marinate for about 3-4 hours.
Brush vegetable/olive oil on the grill pan & heat it till hot.
Scoop out tablespoons of the marinated chicken mince & grill on the grill pan.
Drizzle or brush the chicken kababs with oil from time to time.
Grill for about 4-6 minutes.
Before transferring to a serving plate hold each kabab with a pair of tongs & insert soaked wooden skewers in the kababs.
Alternatively, you may line a baking tray with aluminium foil & grill in the oven or cook in the microwave for 2-3 mins. & then grill the chicken kababs.
Serve the creamy chicken kababs with mint-coriander chutney & lemon quarters or with any of your favorite dips.
