Kalmi Kebabs with Pita bread and Lemon-Garlic Hummus & Onion-Tamarind Relish
Kalmi Kebabs:
Things you’ll need from your larder:
LionFresh chicken
1 tbsp gram flour
2 tsp ginger-garlic paste
2 tsp zeera seeds
2 tsp coriander seeds
4 cloves
5 peppercorns
1 tsp elaichi seeds
3 tbsp of lemon juice
1 tsp of salt
1 tsp of chili powder
½ tsp of turmeric
1/4th cup yoghurt (hang in a muslin cloth to make it thick)
1/4th cup of cashew nuts
1 tsp ghee
Cook away:
1. Pierce the Lionfresh chicken drumsticks with a fork and run a first round of marinating in lemon juice, salt, chili powder and turmeric for 20 minutes.
2. For the second round of marinating, lightly roast all the dry spices, cashews and gram flour. Once cooled down, add this to the yoghurt, ginger-garlic paste in a blender to make an aromatic thick marinate.
3. Pop in the chicken for atleast 2 hours. For greater depth in flavour, let this marinate overnight.
4. If you don’t have a BBQ grill or tandoor at home, lightly grease a non-stick pan with ghee and roast the marinated chicken till golden brown with light charred marks.
5. Alternatively, you can also bake this in a pre-heated oven at 200 degrees for 20 minutes.
Lemon-Garlic Hummus
Things you’ll need from your larder:
2 cups of boiled chickpeas
3 tbsp of freshly squeezed lemon juice
Olive oil
1 tbsp tahini
3 cloves of garlic
Salt to season
Cook away:
In a food blender, combine the chickpeas, lemon juice, olive oil, tahini, garlic, salt and pulse atleast 4-5 times to make a smooth paste.
Onion-Tamarind Relish
Things you’ll need from your larder:
1 cup of chopped onion
4-5 red chilies
1 tsp tamarind
1 tbsp jaggery
1/3rd cup of Oil
1 tbsp mustard seeds
Pinch of asafoetida
1 tsp of salt
Cook away:
1. In a food blender, place onion, chili, tamarind, jaggery and salt to make a smooth paste
2. In a non-stick pan, heat oil and add mustard and asafoetida till the seeds crackle
3. Add more oil and the blended paste and cook on a low flame
4. Cook away and bring to a gentle boil till you the oil along the sides of the pan
5. Let it cool down before consuming
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