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Chapli kebab
Flat beef patties with cornmeal, tomato and whole coriander seeds.
4 servings · 45 minutes (estimated)

Ingredients
Quantities for 4 servings.
- 600 g Minced beef, fatty
- 60 g Cornmeal
- 2 piece Tomatoes, finely diced
- 1 piece Onion, finely chopped
- 2 tbsp Coriander seeds, coarsely crushed
- 1 tbsp Dried pomegranate seeds
- 3 piece Green chillies
- 1 piece Egg
- 8 sprig Coriander leaf
- 120 g Ghee for frying
- to taste Salt
Method
- Mix the mince with the cornmeal, egg, onion, chilli, coriander leaf, crushed coriander seed, pomegranate seeds and salt.
- Fold in the tomatoes last so they do not weep too early, and chill the mixture for twenty minutes.
- With wet hands shape flat patties twelve centimetres across and a centimetre thick.
- Heat half a centimetre of ghee and fry them three or four minutes a side over medium heat, uncovered.
- Serve with flatbread, onion rings and lemon. Traditionally an egg is broken over each patty in the pan.
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