
Pakistan / Main
Chapli kebab
Flat beef patties with cornmeal, tomato and whole coriander seeds.
Ingredients
- Minced beef, fatty600 g
- Cornmeal60 g
- Tomatoes, finely diced2
- Onion, finely chopped1
- Coriander seeds, coarsely crushed2 tbsp
- Dried pomegranate seeds1 tbsp
- Green chillies3
- Egg1
- Coriander leaf8 sprigs
- Ghee for frying120 g
- Saltto taste
Quantities are auto-calculated from the original recipe as a guide. Items without numbers (e.g. “to taste”) are not changed.
Method 5 steps
Mix the mince with the cornmeal, egg, onion, chilli, coriander leaf, crushed coriander seed, pomegranate seeds and salt.
Fold in the tomatoes last so they do not weep too early, and chill the mixture for twenty minutes.
With wet hands shape flat patties twelve centimetres across and a centimetre thick.
Heat half a centimetre of ghee and fry them three or four minutes a side over medium heat, uncovered.
Serve with flatbread, onion rings and lemon. Traditionally an egg is broken over each patty in the pan.


