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Afghan Chapli Kebab

Name: Afghan Chapli Kebab
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Afghanistan
Ingredients: 500g Ground Beef; 1 Onion; 1 Tomato; 2 Green Chili Pepper; 1 bunch Cilantro; 2 tsp Ground Coriander; 1 tsp Cumin powder; 1 tsp Chili powder; 1 Egg; 2 tbsp Cornstarch; 1 tsp Salt; To taste Vegetable Oil; To taste Naan

Main Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Ground meat mixed with spices, tomato, and herbs, flattened, and shallow-fried — a famous Afghan street food.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Chapli kebab means a kebab 'flat as a sandal,' born in the Pashtun areas from eastern Afghanistan to northwestern Pakistan. Ground beef is mixed with tomato, onion, green chili, coriander seed, pomegranate seeds, and more, flattened large, and shallow-fried. It's eaten with naan.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a stall in Jalalabad, sandal-shaped kebabs sizzle in oil in a big iron pan and are handed over tucked into naan.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Ground Beef 500g
Onion 1
Tomato 1
Green Chili Pepper 2
Cilantro 1 bunch
Ground Coriander 2 tsp
Cumin powder 1 tsp
Chili powder 1 tsp
Egg 1
Cornstarch 2 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Vegetable Oil To taste
Naan To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Finely chop the onion, tomato, green chili, and cilantro; drain the tomato.
Add the chopped vegetables, spices, egg, cornstarch, and salt to the ground beef and knead well.
Divide into 8 and flatten each with your palms into a round about 12cm across.
Heat a generous amount of oil in a frying pan and shallow-fry 4 minutes per side until browned.
Drain the oil.
Serve with naan and sliced onion.

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