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Tawa Kat-a-Kat

Home-style, with every amount and step. Tick things off as you go.

Time
40 min
Serves
4
A drawing of Tawa Kat-a-Kat
Special Occasions

Ingredients

Missing something?

  • No beef or mutton (gosht)? Use chicken (cook for less time).
  • No liver (kaleji)? Use chicken liver (cooks faster).
  • No brain (maghaz)? Use no good swap, choose a different dish.
  • No tomato? Use 1 tbsp tomato paste per tomato, or 2 tbsp yogurt for tang.
  • No green chilli? Use red chilli flakes or extra red chilli powder.

Method

  1. Boil the kidneys and heart in water with half the salt and turmeric for 20–25 minutes until tender. In a separate small pan, simmer the brain in water with the rest of the salt and turmeric for 5 minutes. Drain everything.
  2. Heat the oil and half the butter on a large flat tawa or wide pan. Add the liver and fry on high heat for 3–4 minutes until it just loses its pink colour.
  3. Add the ginger-garlic paste, tomatoes, salt, chilli flakes, cumin, coriander seeds and pepper and cook for 5 minutes until the tomatoes break down.
  4. Add the kidneys, heart and brain. With two metal spatulas, chop and mix everything on the hot tawa for 5–6 minutes; the "kat-a-kat" sound is where the name comes from.
  5. Add the rest of the butter, the green chillies, garam masala, coriander and ginger and chop for 2 minutes more. Serve hot with naan.

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