We ate mostly vegetarian street food in Mumbai. But Kababs was an exception. We didn't call it Kebab or Kabob as we call it here. They used to be simple kababs. The Kababwala used coal sigdi /grill to roast those delicious kababs. They were served with onion salad, mint chutney and naan. Kababwala's naans used to be different than the usual naans available at the restaurants. They used to be circles with a little dome shape in the middle.Later whenever I tried to make kababs at home, I could never get the taste of our kababwala. So this is just an attempt to replicate the real taste. Of course there were many different types of kababs available but I am blogging about Chicken Tikka Kababs today.
Chicken Tikka Kababs
Ingredients
1.5 lb boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into bite sized chunks
2 Tbsp lemon juice
Water as required
1/2 pkt Tandoori masala (decrease or increase per taste)
1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
Oil Spray such as Pam
Accompaniment -
Onion salad - Mix together, thinly sliced onion, 1 tbsp lemon juice, 2 tsp chopped fresh mint, salt to taste, a generous pinch of chat masala.
Lemon wedges
Pita Bread
Method
1. Mix Tandoori masala with water, lemon juice, ginger-garlic paste to make a thick paste.
2. Add chicken pieces and marinate in the refrigerator for 7-10 hours.
3. Preheat oven to 400 F. Thread the chicken pieces onto the wooden or metal skewers.
4. Arrange the skewers on a baking tray. Spray some oil lightly on the kabobs.
5. Bake for 15 minutes.
6. Flip. Bake for another 15 minutes or till done.
7. Take out kababs, sprinkle some lemon juice and chat masala.
8. Serve hot with onion salad and pita bread.
Note -
1. For better flavor, use BBQ grill with coals.
2. Shan Tandoori Masala yields the best results.
Wish you all a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS 2008!!
5 comments:
U know what no matter how posh and sophisticated a restaurant may be,but the authentic flavor that is found in street food is unmatchable(ofcourse a compromise on hygiene)and the coal sigri gives imparts such a lovely smoky flavor to everything......its unbeatable
Lovely kebabs...they made me hungry ;-)
Meer, MERRY X-MAS TO U N UR NEAR ONES! Wow what a fantastic recipe..looks free of oil too! Loved your idea of keeping it over a deep dish for baking! Less cleaning job for u! :) Shall try this and post feedback! (I had read somewhere ...if u soak the wooden skewers b4 using, the matter gets baked slow n even...u might already b knowing...just thought of sharing again!:D)
Awesome! Those look really really good!
Merry Merry Christmas!
Soma(www.ecurry.com)
Alka:
I agree with you. If you ignore the hygeine part, the street food just tastes out of this world. and homemade replica, though tastes good of its own, it's difficult to match the exact flavor. Oh well. I tried!:-D
Purnima:
Merry X'mas to you and yours as well. Thanks for your kind words. I saw that once about soaking the wooden skewers in water before grilling on food network. they said that it won't catch the fire, I think. Thanks for reminding. I will update it in the note section. :-)
Soma:
Really really thanks!! Very Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Happy holidays Meera!
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