
Ingredients
For chana dal mixture
½ cup chana dal, soaked
½ inch-ginger, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
3 green chillies, roughly chopped
1 bay leaf
4-5 black peppercorns
2-3 cloves
Salt to taste
1 tbsp ghee
For blanching spinach
1 bunch spinach
Salt to taste
A pinch of cooking soda
For kebab mixture
1 tbsp ghee
1 tsp black cumin seeds
Spinach puree
Chana dal paste
2 tbsp gram flour/besan, roasted
Ghee for shallow frying
For the filling
1 cup paneer, crumbled
4-5 cashew nuts, finely chopped
7-8 mint leaves, finely chopped
2-3 green chillies, finely chopped
Salt to taste
½ tsp black pepper powder
½ tsp nutmeg powder
½ inch-ginger, grated
Assembling
Ghee for shallow frying
Dahi & alsi chutney (curd & flax seeds)
Process
For chana dal mixture
- In a pan add 1 cup water, soaked chana dal, ginger, green chillies, garlic, bay leaf, black peppercorns and cloves. Cook well for 6-7 minutes on high flame.
- Let it cool down and transfer it into a mixing jar and grind into a fine paste.
- While grinding it add salt and ghee for smoothening.
- Pass the paste through a strainer for the smooth texture and keep side till further use.
For blanching spinach
- In a pan, add water, salt and soda, let it come a boil and then add spinach.
- As it cooks transfer it into an ice water for stop the cooking .
- As it cools down, transfer it into a mixing jar and make a puree and keep aside till further use.
For the kebab mixture
- Heat ghee in a pan, add black cumin seeds let them splutter. Add spinach puree, mix well.
- Add chana dal paste, mix well. add besan and mix well until incorporates.
- Spread the mixture in a plate and keep it in the refrigerator for 10-15 minutes to cool down.
For the fiilling
- In a mixing bowl, add paneer, cashew nuts, mint leaves, green chillies, salt, black pepper powder, nutmeg powder and ginger. Mix everything well.
Assembling
- Take the mixture out of the refrigerator, divide each of them into lemon sized balls.
- Take the ball, make a well in between, add in the paneer filling, close it well and make a kebab.
- Heat ghee in a pan for shallow frying, add the prepared kebabs and fry till brown on each side.
- Transfer hot in a plate. Serve hot with dahi & alsi ki chutney.