Best Tunday Kebab Recipe for you to make it in your own Kitchen. Tunday Kebab is the specialty of the Awadhi Cuisine which originated in the city of Lucknow. Very easily available in the city of Lucknow. It is also known as Galouti Kebab. The story behind the invention of such a dish is that due to old age one of the nizams had lost all of his teeth. This Nawab was very fond of Kebabs. Kebabs are known to be much tougher and have to be bitten and need teeth to enjoy a Kebab. So, he commissioned one of his cooks to develop a Kebab that would have the taste of a Kebab and would just melt away in One’s mouth.
Thanks to the Nawab of Awadh Galouti Kebabs or Tunday Kebab came into existence. A dish that is meant to melt in one’s mouth. People think it is a dish that is very difficult to create in one’s own kitchen. But the truth is that It is fairly easy to make and there are not many who know of that.
Ingredients for Best Tunday Kebab Recipe at home
- 600 gram boneless lamb
- 100-gram ghee
- 50 gram chana dal
- 20-gram green cardamom
- 5-gram cinnamon
- 5-gram bay leaf
- 10-gram Cloves
- 10-gram cumin
- 5 gram Mace / Javitri
- 10 gram yellow chili powder
- 100 gram fried onion paste
- 100-gram fried cashew paste
- 50-gram raw papaya paste
- 1 gram saffron
- 5 gram Kewda water
- 20-gram ginger garlic paste
- 5-gram galouti masal
- salt to taste
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The process to make the delicious Galouti Kebab
Heat some ghee in a wok and roast the chana dal. Powder it in a food processor and sieve the dal chana roast. Crush and soak the saffron in some milk. Mince the lamb until really fine. Add the fried onion paste, fried cashew paste, ginger garlic paste, raw papaya paste, spices, chana dal, saffron, and salt. Rub well with hands. Keep aside for 30 minutes. Smoke with cloves and hot embers for 10 minutes. Divide the meat mixture in even-sized balls. Flatten with wet palms and shallow fry in a flat pan. Serve hot.
