Appetizer - Colocasia Kebabs

Colocasia Kebabs

Ingredients:

• ½ tsp Salt
• 1 Clove
• 250 gms Arbi
• ¼ tsp Khuskhus
• ½ tsp Cashewnuts
• A few Rose Petals
• 1 Black Cardamom
• ½ tsp Onion, browned
• ¼ tsp Black Peppercorns
• A pinch of Turmeric powder
• ½ tsp Cardamom-Mace powder
• Salt to taste
• Ghee for basting

Method:

1. Boil arbi with turmeric, and salt and keep aside.
2. Make a paste of rose petals, cashewnuts, poppy seeds and browned onion.
3. Make a powder of clove, peppercorns, black cardamom and cardamom-mace powder.
4. Grind colocasia with the above mentioned paste, add the spice mixture and check for seasoning.
5. Put the mixture on skewers, baste with ghee and cook on a charcoal grill till done.
6. Serve hot.

Tip: Sometimes hot oil starts foaming and starts rising in the pan. Dissipate the foam to avoid this situation by adding a marble sized ball of tamarind to the oil.