Indian Recipes

The following are the recipes that we made for our Writing activity. We hope you enjoy making them as much as we did!

Kheema Kebabs
Ingredients
250g Mince (lamb/chicken)
½ teaspoon Cumin Powder
½ teaspoon Coriander Powder
½ teaspoon Garam Masala
½ teaspoon Chilli Powder
1 teaspoon Ginger
2 Tablespoons Oil

Equipment
Bowl
Wooden Spoon
Kebab Skewers
Frying pan
Fish Slice

Method
1. Mix all the ingredients into a bowl until well combined.
2. Roll them into balls and place 2-3 on a skewer
3. Add oil to the frying pan and place kebabs into frying pan
4. Fry them 2-3 minutes on each side until they turn golden brown.


Lentil Patties
Ingredients
4-5 spring onions
Fresh coriander
2 tins of lentils (drained)
2 teaspoons cumin
2 teaspoons turmeric
½ cup of plain flour
2 tablespoons oil

Equipment
Knife
Chopping board
Frying pan
Food Processor
Fish slice ( to turn the patties)

Method
1. Put chopped spring onions and coriander into blender
2. Pour lentils into the blender
3. Add cumin, turmeric and flour to the blender
4. Mix everything together well
5. Divide the lentil mixture into even sizes
6. Rub a bit of oil into your hands so that mixture doesn’t stick, then form each piece into a ball.
7. Squash each ball to flatten it into a patty
8. Heat the rest of the oil in the frying pan over a medium heat
9. Carefully put the lentil patties into the pan
10. Cook the patties on one side for 10 minutes, then turn them over using a fish slice and cook them on the other side for 10 minutes.

Mango Lassi
Lassi is a traditional Indian drink. Lassi comes in both savoury and sweet versions. The sweet version is called ‘Lassi Meethi’
Ingredients
1 Tray of ice cubes
2 Mangos or canned Mangos
2 cups of Natural Yoghurt
2 cups of milk
½ cup of sugar

Equipment
Measuring cups
Can opener
Blender
Glasses or cups
Straws

Method
1. Put the mango pieces, yoghurt, milk and sugar into the blender
2. Blend everything together on highest setting
3. Pour the lassi into the glasses