Mutton Bonda. Arcot Mutton Kebab/Kawaab. Meat Kebab. Goat Meat’s Bonda.

I learnt this recipe from a road side cook on Madras highways. Though its not threaded in skewers…but, they still call it ‘Kebab’! I wanna to call it ‘Mutton Bonda’:) I have made some modifications myself for better taste. Hope y’all will enjoy with me!

Ingredients:

Goat’s meat 1/2 kg(boneless and diced)
Gram flour 2 cup
Rice flour 2-4 spoons
Oil for frying.

Make a batter mixing these with gram flour:

Gram flour
Rice flour
Salt
Turmeric 1/4 spoon
Chili powder 1 spoon
Coriander powder 1 spoon
Baking soda less than 1/4 spoon
Ginger -Garlic paste 1 spoon
Mint paste 1 spoon
Garam masala powder 1 spoon(ground cloves and cinnamon)
Egg white 1 (optional)

Mutton masala ingredients:

Salt
Turmeric powder 1/2 spoon
Chili powder 1/2 spoon
Coriander powder 1/2 spoon
Ginger – garlic paste 1/2 spoon
Onion paste 1 spoon
Mint leaves finely chopped 1 spoon
Pepper powder 1/2 spoon
Garam masala 1/2 spoon

Method:

1. Pressure cook, meat with little salt in it till tender.

2. In a pan add few spoon of oil and fry cooked meat. Add all the mutton masala ingredients now. Fry till fragrant and oil shows up on top. Maintain your stove over high flame. Never cover during this process.

3. Heat oil in deep pan(medium to high flame).

4. Take a piece of meat and dip it in the batter and fry them in hot oil. Fry them till golden brown and crisp.

This is heavy for appetizers, better treat as an evenning snack with cup of Iranian Chai!