Topic: The Elusive Shami Kebab

[Peripatetic Phil]

Does anyone have a link to a picture of the egg-lattice covered reshmi kebab? I did a quick Google search but couldn't find one. I just kept coming up with burgers wrapped in omelette!

Odd, that : I have just repeated your experiment, with identical results.  Thinking it was because Google was "or"ing rather than "and"ing the search terms, I tried just "Reshmi".  Well worth trying (if you are male) but not much help in the context of kebabs !

** Phil.

[Kashmiri Bob]

Does anyone have a link to a picture of the egg-lattice covered reshmi kebab? I did a quick Google search but couldn't find one. I just kept coming up with burgers wrapped in omelette!

Never tried a reshmi kebab.  Just trawled through 30 or so TA menus and found just 2 offerings, both also garnished with an omelette.  It looks like sheek and shami are the front runner kebabs in Brum, with the nargis kebab not far behind. 

Rob 

[Kashmiri Bob]

Found a chicken one!

...a breath taking appetizer made in which tender pieces of chicken is marinated with a paste of cashew nut, cream, ginger, garlic and yoghurt barbecued and garnished with egg foam to add perfection...



Rob 

 

[Secret Santa]

Found a chicken one!

...a breath taking appetizer made in which tender pieces of chicken is marinated with a paste of cashew nut, cream, ginger, garlic and yoghurt barbecued and garnished with egg foam to add perfection...



Rob 

That's not egg! That's spun sugar that is.

[Secret Santa]

How do they create that web effect, I had in my mind that they dip half the kebab in egg and then drop it quickly into deep oil side on, to create the odd looking web coating. Any ideas?

Is it actually attached to the burger or is it just wrapped loosely around it? Either way, I can envisage using a frying pan and drizzling the egg from a colander type gadget with a sideways and up-down motion to create the web. If I could just find a picture I'm sure I could figure it out.

[Malc.]

I have seen a version served with a thin omelette wrapped round them but they were given a 'chef's special' title for which I can't remember.

The Reshmi that I had come to accept as a bonafide dish appears to have a very fine layer of egg that is not evenly placed in anyway and almost translucent in places. It doesn't cover the entire surface of the kebab and appears wispy or web like. Almost as though the cooked kebab had been tossed in a hot pan with a thinned out beaten egg.

I am amazed that not a single picture is available on Google nor on any of the local TA/BIR websites that I have spent sometime searching through. If all else fails, I will order some and take pics.

[Kashmiri Bob]

That's not egg! That's spun sugar that is.

Not according to the menu it isnt:

http://www.indiagatebkk.com/menudetails.php?id=11

But youre probably right.  Must be a bugger to get into a foil takeaway container.

Rob 

[curryhell]

My understanding of a reshmi kebab is that the egg is poured over the meat in a lattice type fashion.

I think that's just a BIR thing to fancy-up an otherwise boring looking meat burger (which is what a traditional reshmi kebab is).

I'd go along with Stephen : for me, a reshmi kebab isn't a reshmi kebab without the web of egg.  Being a cheapskate, I often buy shami kebabs and convert them at home !

** Phil.

My take on the reshmi is the same too .

[Stephen Lindsay]

Regarding questions about the web/lattice effect the only way i know of it being done is to beat some egg with a fork as if you are making an omelette. Then in a preheated pan you gently pour the egg over the base of the pan in little lines in a criss-cross pattern and you cook the egg, remove from pan then wrap over the kebab - I would tend towards making the kebab in patty/burger shapes rather than sausage shapes.

[Peripatetic Phil]

I would tend towards making the kebab in patty/burger shapes rather than sausage shapes.

Yes, with you there as well, Stephen : reshmi are shami-shaped, not sheik-shaped !