Monday, 30 November 2015

Red Kidney Bean Kebabs/Rajma Galouti

         Galouti kebabs are melt in mouth kebabs where you can use lamb's meat, mushrooms or Rajma along with herbs and spices. Galouti or Galawti itself means 'melt in mouth'.

            They originated from Lucknow and as legendary tale goes , Nawab of Lucknow, Wajid Ali Shah lost his teeth but his love for meat didn't fizzle. So Galouti was prepared to satiate his taste buds and he savoured this dish till his last breath.
             This food of Nawab, rich in dry fruits,saffron and ghee is cooked on slow fire to extract it's fine and rich aromas of whole spices.




                  Ingredients : 

Boiled Rajma                      2 cups
Cashew Powder                 1/2 cup
Salt                                       As per taste 
Red chilli powder               1/2 tsp 
Roasted cumin powder    1/2 tsp 
Rose Water                          1 tsp
Saffron                                  Few strands
Potatoes , boiled and mashed   2
Warm milk                            2 tsp 
Cardamom Powder              1/4 tsp
Ginger garlic paste               1 tsp 
Green chilli                            1
Few Mint Leaves




Directions : 

1 : Soak rajma overnight or for atleast 8 
hours. 
2: Drain water and pressure cook them in 4 cups of water with salt for atleast half an hour. 
3 : When pressure drops, drain rajma.
4 :  Cool them and keep aside.
5: Blend green chillies, ginger garlic and mint to fine paste.
6: Soak saffron in warm milk.
7: Put rajma , green chilli paste and cashew powder in blender and mix thoroughly. 
8: Add cardamom powder,red chilli powder,  clove and cumin powder , saffron and rose water and mashed potatoes  in rajma mix. Mix them thoroughly. 
9: Take ball size mixture and form patties out of it.
10. Heat oil in a pan and cook them at medium heat. 
11 . Serve them with onion rings and mint sauce.

                                   ENJOY!!!

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