Lukhmi: Lukhmi is a typical mince savoury or starter of the cuisine of Hyderabad, India. The snack’s authentic preparation includes stuffing with mutton-mince kheema. It is a non-vegetarian derivative of the samosa although, unlike the latter, the lukhmi is shaped into a flat square patty. Kheemey-ki-Lukhmi is still served as a starter in the authentic Hyderabadi weddings and other celebrations.
Ingredients (serves 8-10):
For Lukhmi:
- 1 Kg all purpose flour (maida)
- 250 gms margarine (dalda)
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup milk
- Water, as needed
For Filling:
- 500 gms mutton kheema (minced meat)
- 2 tsp ginger-garlic paste
- 2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp red chilli powder
- 2 tsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp garam masala powder
- 1 bunch each mint and coriander, finely chopped
- 1 medium sized tomato, finely chopped
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 1 tsp oil
- Oil, for deep frying
Method:
- Mix thoroughly (rub it with your palms) dalda with all purpose flour properly, in a bowl, for at least 20 minutes
- Add in the salt and milk.
- Make a medium consistency dough, adding water if required.
- The dough shouldn’t be very soft neither should it be hard.
- Cover the dough with a wet cloth and rest it for 20 minutes.
- Keep aside.
- Wash and drain your minced meat.
- Add the minced meat with ginger-garlic paste, salt, red chilli powder and lemon juice.
- Marinate the minced meat for 2 hours (or preferably overnight).
- Heat a heavy based non-stick pan on medium heat.
- Add in the marinated minced meat, chopped onion, tomato, coriander and mint.
- Cook the minced meat, without adding any oil.
- The minced meat will get cooked in the water released from the onions and tomato.
- Cook till the water dries up and the meat starts sticking to the pan’s base.
- Just before turning off the heat add 1 tsp oil and the garam masala powder.
- Saute’ for 2 -3 minutes and your kheema filling is ready.
- Scoop the kheema out in a bowl and let it cool to the room temperature
- Keep aside.
- Make around 20 equal size balls from the rested dough.
- Roll out the dough balls to 2-3 mm thickness.
- Cut out the rolled out dough into 4 inch by 2 inch rectangles.
- Fill in dough rectangle with 1 teaspoon kheema and seal it, by folding it over, to make a 2 inch by 2 inch square.
- Make sure you seal the corners properly, if the corners are not properly sealed the dough will open up whilst deep frying.
- Make the kheema filled dough squares using all the dough and kheema.
- Keep aside.
- Heat the oil, in a deep bottomed pan, on medium heat.
- Deep fry the kheema filled dough squares on medium heat, till golden brown.
- Lukhmi is ready to be served.
- Serve the hot lukhmi with mint chutney and onion.
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