How to Prepare Delicious Chelo Kabob (Peter Cat Kolkata, Style)

Chelo Kabob (Peter Cat Kolkata, Style). We wanted to recreate the famous Iranian Chelo Kabab which is very famous in Kolkata restaurant Peter Cat Chelo is a saffron flavoured buttery rice which is served along with Jujeh(Chicken kababs. I had no clue that Chelo Kebab is the national dish of Iran before I came to the UK. Like every other Indian Bengali, to me, Chelo Kebab was this popular kebab platter served by the popular restaurant Peter Cat in Park Street, Kolkata.

Peter Cat on their menu refers to this as "the protected regional product of West Bengal". However, I have successfully conned the border security and customs and got this across the oceans. Order Food Online from Peter Cat Park Street Central Kolkata and see it's menu for Home Delivery in Kolkata. You can have Chelo Kabob (Peter Cat Kolkata, Style) using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Chelo Kabob (Peter Cat Kolkata, Style)

1. Prepare of chicken Boneless skinless ,.
2. It's of Minced meat (goat, lamb or beef),.
3. You need of Tomato egg cucumber , , ,.
4. It's of onion green bell pepper , (capsicum),.
5. You need of garam masala powder ,.
6. You need of coriander powder ,.
7. Prepare of cumin powder ,.
8. Prepare of red chilli powder ,.
9. Prepare of cilantro ,.
10. Prepare of mint leaves ,.
11. It's of lime ,.
12. You need of yogurt ,.
13. It's of oil ,.
14. Prepare of basmati rice ,.
15. It's to taste of salt black pepper . and.
16. You need of Butter . for garnish.

I have been here for so many times, i like the ambience, the decoration, the food, but Its a bit over rated place. The famous chelo kabab of peter cat is definitely yum but not that much special that it owns the crown of the king of chelo kabab. I had order a mutton kebab along with the chelo kabab, but the quantity of that was so poor. See great recipes for Chelo Kabob (Peter Cat Kolkata, Style) too!

Chelo Kabob (Peter Cat Kolkata, Style) instructions

1. This dish requires three small steps -  1. marinate the meat, 2. cook 3. assemble.
2. Cut the chicken cubes and marinate (2 hr minimum for the best taste) using all the spice powder, lime juice, yogurt, finely chopped mint leaves, oil, salt and pepper. Cut the onion and green bell peppers into big slices.  After marination, put the chicken pieces into skewers alternating between onions and green bell peppers. Bake the skewers in the oven at 375 deg F for 30 min (or until cooked) or over a nonstick skillet (spray some oil)..
3. Marinate the minced meat with the spice mixture, finely chipped cilantro,  oil, salt and pepper. Roll into cylinders using or without using skewers. Marinate for at least 2 hours for the best taste.  Bake in oven or non-stick skillet for 375 deg F until cooked through..
4. Put a little bit oil in whole tomato and bake along with the meat or chicken..
5. Cook the Basmati rice (99.99 % done or the non-overcooked version). Fry or poach the egg. Cut cucumbers and limes for garnish..
6. Assemble everything in the plate with some butter over the steaming rice..

Peter Cat is an ancient but still famous restaurant in the heart of Kolkata on park street area. With its all other bouquet of mouth watering delicacies, still I thing this restaurant sells one dish most. It's famous for none other than "Chelo Kabab"-a dish with rice tandoori and lots of taste. Rice with melting butter, reshmi kebab and mutton seekh- the chelo kebab. This is the one dish which is served in various other restaurants, but is synonymous with Peter Cat.