Soya Lollypops - The delicious vegetarian kebabs

Hello Friends..

I am back with an amazing dish. It’s healthy, it’s delicious and on the top it’s vegetarian. My vegetarian friends would not be jealous of their non-vegetarian mates now. Yes, because now they have their own version of delicious kebabs. This can be a good starter at any party and win hearts. I bet if my non-vegetarian friends would have it, they would feel it’s an improved version of chicken seekh kebab.

What more do we want? Something healthy, something delicious and something that looks amazing.  I hope you like the idea of popping the kebabs in wooden sticks. I liked it better than skewers.  

So how do we make this wonderful dish?

Let’s quickly go through the recipe. 

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup soya chunks (If you find small/ground soya, you can take that. I blended the soya chunks in a mixer after cooking them in hot water for 4-5  minutes ).

1/2 cup roasted gram flour (besan) (Roasted on medium flame for 10 minutes)

1 cup bread crumbs (we will put 1/4 cup in the kebab batter, rest we will use for coating the kebabs)

2 small potatoes boiled and peeled.

1 small finely chopped onion

1 cup chopped coriander leaves

2-3 finely chopped green chillies

ginger -garlic paste ( 2 tsp )

fresh lemon juice (2 tsp) 

salt as per taste

red chilli powder / or red cayenne (1 tsp)

garam masala powder / ground indian spices (1 tsp)

chaat masala powder (1/4 tsp)

dried mango powder (1/4 tsp)

coriander cumin powder (1/2tsp) 

sesame seeds white or brown (1/2 tsp)

cumin seeds (1/2 tsp) (can add black cumin as well)

oil about 3-4 tbsp for frying the kebabs.

Soya chunks

Few important ingredients

Roasted gram flour

Procedure:

1. Bring around 3 cups of water to boil. Add little salt. Now add the soya chunks and cook for about 4-5 minutes. Now drain all the water from the soya chunks using cloth or paper towel and let it cool down. Remember we need to remove as much moisture as we can, to improve the quality of kebabs. 

   

   Soaking the soya chunks in hot water

2. Blend it in a mixer/blender to get a coarse mixture.

   

   Soya chunks blended in a mixer

3. Now bring the soya mixture to a large bowl. Add all the other ingredients too. Mix everything well. Taste the batter to see if you need to add something to suite your taste. Add more spices if you need to.  Take a small portion of the mixture in palm and see if you can form a ball. If so, the kebab batter is ready. If not, you can add some roasted gram flour or more bread crumbs to adjust the consistency.
   
4. I used small sticks to give the kebabs a funky look. Apply some oil or water on palms and take some portions of batter. Now form a oblong lolly pop shape by gently pressing a bit. Insert a wooden stick from bottom of the kebab. Gently press again to make sure the batter sticks well to the stick. 
5. If you don't want to use sticks/skewers then it’s fine.  You can simply apply some oil on palm, take some mixture and form flat round patties. 
6. Cover the kebabs with some bread crumbs. Repeat the process for rest of the kebabs..................
   

   

   Kebabs coated with breadcrumbs.. Ready to be fried.

7. Once you have all the kebab sticks ready,  you can let it rest in  refrigerator for 15-20 minutes. 
8. Take some oil in pan and lightly fry these kebabs 2-3 at a time. These get done in 2-3 minutes. You will see the crust becoming golden brown when done. Gently alter the sides so that it gets fried on all sides.  You can also bake it. 

   

   Soya kebabs served with green chutney and tomato ketchup...

   
   

So, the delicious Soya kebabs are ready. Enjoy it with green coriander/mint chutney. Tomato ketchup also works fine.. :-)

Let me know how your family and friends liked it. 

Vegetarian cooking is fun too :-).
Have fun with cooking and keep the kitchen happy :-) I

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Love,
Shweta