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Hamburger/Chappal Kababs

Chappal Kabab

Ingredients

Preparation

Put your besan in a small cast-iron (you don't have one? go get one or use whatever non-stick sissy pan you have) frying pan and stir around over medium heat until it has turned a light brown in color. Put this in a bowl. Not that one, flush that. Add all the other ingredients except the oil and mix well in the nice ceramic/glass/steel (not porcelain) mixing bowl. Get your hands meaty. Now make ten, 2 inch balls (Not 2, ten inch balls).

It now gets interesting because you have a choice.

  1. If you want burgers, flatten the balls to make ten, 3.5 inch discs of spicy meat. Just before eating, put 2 tablespoons of the oil into a large non-stick frying pan and set over medium high heat. When hot, put in as many meat discs as the pan will hold in a single layer. No disc layering. Turn over the burgers every 30 seconds or so until they are cooked. Royally bronzed. Cooks any leftovers the same way.
  2. If you want kababs, cylinderize the balls into ten rods of hot tasty meat. Skewer them. Ouch. Bake these in an oven at 350 Farenheit for 20 minutes or so.

Eat with rice and veggies, or even better, the cylinders can be cut lengthwise and rolled up in a flat bread like naan or chapati. When you roll them up, use some veggies (tomotoes, onions, lettuce) and some nice green sauce. Coriander or mint chutneys are green and tasty. Hint, hint.

You can also eat the burger discs in a burger bun but do add some chutney.