
Portion the kheema ½ for kababs and ½ for kabab curry. Boil kheema in ginger-garlic paste. Add green chillies and salt to it. Cook until it gets dry.
Preparation Time: 20 Mins
Cooking Time: 45 Mins
Serves: 4 persons
- For Rice:
- 1/4 cup ghee
- 1″ piece ginger
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 6 cloves garlic
- 8 cloves
- 2 pieces cinnamon
- 2 bay leaves
- 8 cardinals
- 2 cups basmati rice
- 4 cups water
- 2 1/2 tsp. salt.
- For Koftas:
- 1/4 tsp. gramflour
- 1 1/2 grated paneer
- 1 tsp. grated ginger
- 2 finely chopped green chillies
- salt to taste and oil for frying
- For Kabab:
- 1 kg. kheema
- 10-12 green chillies
- 2 tsp. ginger-garlic paste
- 2 onions
- 2 tomatoes
- 1/2 tsp. red chillies
- 1/2 tsp. turmeric.

- Portion the kheema ½ for kababs and ½ for kabab curry.
- Boil kheema in ginger-garlic paste.
- Add green chillies and salt to it. Cook until it gets dry.
- Prepare balls and deep fry them.
- For the Curry:
- Take remaining kheema. Add green chillies paste, red chilli powder and keep it aside for 10-15 mins.
- Prepare balls. In a pan, put little oil, add jeera. Then add onions and fry them until pink.
- Then add tomatoes, red chilli powder and turmeric and cook until it leaves the edges of the pan.
- Then add water and cook masala.
- Then add prepared balls and cook until the gravy becomes thick.
- Note: Drain water before preparing kababs. For Rice :
- Grind onion, ginger and garlic to a paste. Heat ghee and add ground paste to it.
- Fry until it turns light brown. Add the spices. Fry for a minute and then the rice water and salt.
- Cover and cook till the rice is tender for the koftas. Roast gramflour to a golden brown.
- Knead paneer, gramflour, ginger and green chillies to a smooth dough.
- Make 20 equal sized koftas. Deep fry till light brown.
- Final Stage :
- Fluff the rice with a fork and remove whole spices.
- Add koftas and toss gently.
- Put gravy in the centre of the plate and garnish with koftas and fried kababs.