Thursday, December 10, 2009

Hara Bhara Kabab

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I love the green color of these kabab's and is one of our family's favourite starter and also is very ideal for a party snack.TH does not like me spending time in kitchen on a holiday and no need to say on a occasion,this time he gave a prior notice to me that I should not be cooking anything on our anniversary (excuses for tea..ofcourse!!!) and we planned our special day for a movie and few trips to the restaurants.But somehow I could not accept that I would not be preparing anything on the special occasion,so I thought of celebrating the day in advance with my home food.So I prepared veg dum biriyani and hara bhara kabab's in order to compensate the actual day celebrations at home.

Ingredients:

2 medium potatoes,boiled
1/2 cup green peas,boiled
1 cup fresh spinach,washed and pat dried
10-12 cashew nuts,halved
2-3 green chillies
1 1/2 " ginger,chopped
1/4 cup besan(chickpea flour)
1/2 tsp roasted cumin powder
1/2 tsp amchur powder
1 1/2 tsp chaat masala
2 tbsp finely chopped coriander
salt to taste

Method:
  • Dry roast besan until nice aroma comes from it.Turn off the stove and keep it aside.
  • Blanch spinach in hot water for 5 mins.Refresh in cold water,drain and squeeze water from it.Try to remove all the excess liquid from it.
  • Grind spinach with ginger,green chillies to a coarse paste(do not add water).Add boiled and drained green peas to it and grind in whipper mode until thick coarse paste.
  • Grate the boiled potato and add the ground mixture,roasted besan and all the masala's,salt and mix well.
  • Grease your hand and make small round tikki's and press a cashew gently into it.Follow the same procedure to do the remaining tikki's.Place them in refrigerator for sometime(for about 1 hr to set properly).
  • Shallow fry in oil on medium flame for 2-3mins until brown in color.(I placed them on a tava which is smeared with oil and fried on both sides on low flame with just 2 tsp oil).
  • Sprinkle some chaat masala all over before serving.
Serve hot with Green chutney/Tomato sauce/Dahi chutney.

These kabab's are going to participate in EC's -Tea Time Snacks Event.

44 comments:

Sarah Naveen said...

nice pics..Kabab looks super yummy!!!!

Chitra said...

Tat looks mouthwatering..Yummy .pass me here with chutney plz ;)

Ushnish Ghosh said...

Dear Prathibha
I have been planning to make this vege Kebab but did not have the recipe. Thanks for sharing

gtyuk said...

yummy yumm, sounds delicious your greeny delights;

spinach, green peas & potatoes,, Mmmmm, that crunchy touch with the cashew nut is the highlight;

nice recipe & well presented too!! looks great with that briyani and raita!!! and btw, happy belated anniversary!!! Enjoy!!!

Soma Pradhan said...

luks v yummt

Rohini said...

Wow..Looks so yummy! Belated Wedding anniversary wishes! Hope you had a great time :)

Priya Suresh said...

Hara Bhara Kabab looks gorgeous and yummy...beautiful clicks..

Sushma Mallya said...

Presented it beautifully ...a perfect starter for any get-together..looks delicious prathiba....Lovely click too

prasu said...

wow...............looks so yumm deaar..........really reallly superb.

Tina said...

Pretty and lovely kababs..Send one parcel to my place dear.Really delicious........

SE said...

my goodness..this is so inviting...very tempting..

Raks said...

Very new to me,and the name sounds interesting :)

Shama Nagarajan said...

yummy yummy

Padma said...

Kababs look so wonderful Prathibha... really yummy :)

Laavanya said...

I agree, i feel like something special at home is necessary for celebrations :) The kababs look delicious and so does the peek i got of the dum biryani.

Finla said...

Beautiful colour and looks so so yumm.

Anu Nandu said...

Kababs look tempting - I love these with just maggi hot and sweet! Looks perfect!

Unknown said...

Perfect dish, looks lovely.

Namitha said...

healthy and yumm..and of course they look very "hara"

Shri said...

My heart skipped a beat with the color..Lovely!!

Cham said...

Very pretty kabab - i guess u had a wonderful time :)

Uma said...

absolutely delicious kababs.. looks sooo tempting!! BTW, belated happy marriage anniversary to you :)

chakhlere said...

Its my favorite starter too. Look very yummy. I am drooling here.

Nandinis food said...

Kabas looks yummy! I wud love to grab all......

Pari Vasisht said...

Hi. A belated anniversary wish dear.
These are my favorite kababs too, I am always tempted to order these as starters.
Very well presented and those cashews must have added that extra crunch surely.

Valarmathi Sanjeev said...

Yummy kababs, looks delicious. Nice presentation.

Pavithra Elangovan said...

Hi prathy I do the same way too ... We love it so much and serve with Imli and green chutney. Making me drool..

Gouri Guha said...

Hi Pratibha, first time in your space.
Your kababs, with all the greenness, look very interesting and appetising. This is a very nice recipe for the winter days and I'll surely make them.
Thanks for sharing this lovely recipe.

Mythreyi Dilip said...

Vhare vha Prathy! Kabab looks inviting and excellent da!!!

Unknown said...

Belated wishes. Lovely way to celebrate an anniversary!

amna said...

bookmarked! I have all the ingredients and these look awesome!

Red Chillies said...

Belated belated anniversary wishes Pratibha. Loved the chequered cake.Looking at it,gives me the courage to try it myself.

Also loved the hara bhara kabab. husbands' are the same. Even my DH does not like it if I am in the kitcehn for a long time.

Uj said...

This is one of my fav starter.. I always wanted to make it at home.. will definitely try it this weekend

Preeti Kashyap said...

they looks perfect...yummm!

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EC said...

Delicious and healthy...thanks for participating

my kitchen said...

Colorful kababs,looks inviting

lubnakarim06 said...

Wow..my favourite one...looks tempting...

Mansi said...

They look so yum..especially with the Cashew garnishing.

Mansi said...

They look so yum..especially with the Cashew garnishing.

Parul said...

These kebabs look yummy! Just wanted to know how many kebabs just the recipe make? Also wanted to know if i can add some paneer to the recipe?

chef and her kitchen said...

@parul..this measurement makes around 15-18 small sized ones approx like I hv shown in fotographs...u can add 1/2 cup grated paneer to it or you can even stuff the spiced up paneer mixture inside the kebabs.Traditionally paneer is not added in these kebabs

Unknown said...

thank for the recipe I will make this on my mitty

Anonymous said...

your husband should be lucky :) I tried few recipes of yours and I really liked them. Got appreciations from my work place because of your recipes. Thank you! Will be waiting more of your recipes.

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