Sabz sunehri shami tikki
Indian cuisine has lots of variety in terms of starters and snacks and tikki or shami kebab is a very popular starter. The Shami tikki is a panseared cake of minced vegetables , served with relish or chutney. Here the golden baby corns and green peas are mashed with spices and pan seared.
Diced babycorns 100 gm /Green peas 50 gm/Boiled Potatoes 150 gm/ turmeric a pinch/ salt 5 gm
Boil babycorn in turmeric salted water , add green peas and drain. Squeeze the moisture properly .
Oil 50 ml/1 tblspoon cumin seeds/ garlic 5 gm/Onion slices 20 gm /ginger chopped 5 gm/ g chillies 3 gm/Turmeric powder 1 tsp/red chili powder 1/4 tsp/ coriander powder 1 tsp/ cumin powder 1 tsp/Salt to taste/Black Pepper 3 gm//Amchur 1/2 tsp/ 20 gm Corn Flour/ Coriander chopped 20gm/ whole cashew 2 no.
Heat oil, crackle cumin seeds and add garlic to brown. Add onion , saute till light brown , add ginger ,green chili and then Powdered spices with little water. Add squeezed vegetables, and saute till it starts sticking to the pan. remove from the pan and cool. Grind the mixture in mincer with boiled potato.
Mix the corn flour and fresh chopped coriander and make round cakes with the mixture. place half cashew piece on each cake as garnish. Heat oil on a skillet and pan sear the cake both sides on slow flame
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