Food for a king

Food for a king

The galouti kebabs are known to be first cooked in the kitchens of Awadh royalty. One could say that, they are an indian version of meat patties. They are supposed to be very soft and legend has it that the dish was first created for a 'toothless' nawab in Lucknow.

This recipe is my take on this legendary kebab. They can be had on their own with chutney or as a filling in a burger or kati roll.

Contributed by Rajan Manickavasagam.

Published 17. February 2013

Chicken Galouti Kebabs

Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon of salt (or to taste)
  • 1 tablespoon of crushed black pepper 
  • 2 tablespoon ginger garlic paste
  • 1 chopped red onion
  • 3-4 diced cubes of raw pumpkin
  • 1 chopped green chilli
  • 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
  • 1 teaspoon of turmeric
  • 1 tablespoon of garam masala powder
  • 1 cardamom
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 mace
  • 1 teaspoon of fennel
  • 3-4 tablespoon of butter or clarified butter
  • 500g of chicken mince

Instructions

  • Season the chicken mince with salt and black pepper and knead it well.
  • Mix the remaining chopped chilli and spices and grind them finely.
  • Mash the chopped onions in a blender.
  • Separately, mash the pumpkins in a blender.
  • Now, knead the ginger garlic paste into the mince.
  • Follow it up and add the ground spices, onion and pumpkin paste one by one. Keep kneading the mince with your hands.
  • Finally, add butter or clarified butter (ghee) and knead the mince to a soft consistency.
  • Let the mince set for a couple of hours.
  • Heat a flat bottom pan and add a tablespoon of butter or clarified butter.
  • Shape the mince into 6 medium sized patties and fry them in the pan until brown on both sides.
  • Serve the kebabs with mint chutney or yoghurt.
    Happy eating.

Further details

Serves 6 people.
Preparation time is approximately 150 min.
Cooking time is approximately 15 min.
Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Meta Prompting for Success

Image
Meta Prompt  Regardless of the Generative AI model used, sometimes the model may refuse to provide a response for a valid prompt. Often the reasons cited are - "I don't know", "I am not trained for the task", "violation of safety/responsible/ethical guardrails". This is sometimes more acutely felt when using Generative AI models for creating images. Overcoming this behavior can be frustrating and time consuming. An approach is to ask the AI model itself to generate prompts so that the prose and nuances of prompting are aligned with how the AI model has been built. This is called meta-prompting . The theory is that the prompts created by the AI model would have better chance of working. Let's dive in to see if and how this meta-prompting works in Gemini .  How to Create a Meta Prompt As with all good prompts, start with a persona/situation that describes the overall context. Next, describe the task in detail. In this case, it is about creating some ...
Read more

Book Review - The Price of Being Fair

Image
Overview  As the FairPrice group in Singapore completes 50 years, "The Price of Being Fair" book is a timely story of it's birth and evolution. The book has been authored by Sue-Ann Chia and Shing Huei Peh. While being true to history, the book has nuggets of "behind the scenes" information, given the time the authors have spent with various leaders at FairPrice. The book is already a best seller according to Kinokuniya book store. At under 200 pages, it makes for a breezy read. The Usual Suspects Having worked in retail industry for over two decades, the travails of  NTUC FairPrice seem familiar to me. A retail CEO once remarked that retail is a pretty "public" industry. There is not much behind which a retail business can hide. As such, retailers often have to follow the aspirations and concerns of the communities and customers they serve. The journey of FairPrice from being an EDLP (everyday low price) retailer to one having multiple formats, busin...
Read more

How to create a big picture

Image
Typically, you need wide view or fisheye lenses to capture a panoramic picture. An alternate method (though may not give the same quality) is to use software to create a panoramic image. There are several software available which you can use to create a panoramic image. The concept is called - "stitching". Some of the software available are - PTGui, Panavue, PAX-it, AutoStitch and so on. I sometimes use AutoStitch to create the panoramas since I have a 50mm lens for now. Each of these software vary in price and features. The added advantage is that you can take the pictures using any kind of camera - digital, phone or SLR. Steps: 1. Visualize the picture you want to take. 2. Use your camera and "divide" your image into rows and columns. An example being - 2 rows and 5 columns. 3. Take 10 pictures to cover your entire image. 4. Use any of the software to "stitch" them together. Here is an example of a panorama created using AutoStitch. I to...
Read more