It is said that necessity is the mother of invention. I think it can also be argued that having leftovers is also the mother of invention.<\/p>\n

After our book club lunch, I was left with quite a bit of the samosa filling, as well as some of the salmon we’d made. Yes, I could just make more samosas or use put the filling into puff pastry sheets to make Bengali-style patties, but I wanted to do something else with it. And so I did.<\/p>\n

I’m sure many of you are familiar with tuna cakes or salmon croquettes. Well it’s probably not a surprise to learn that we have our versions of those too. Except we call them tuna or salmon kababs. I’m sure to many, the word kabab makes you picture a skewer with meat and veggies on it. That is definitely a type of kabab. But the type of kabab I’m talking about today is patty-shaped and made from a mixture of cooked fish, spiced potatoes, and some binding ingredients. These are usually fried, and I’ve shallow fried and baked them with equally good results.<\/p>\n

After this past Thanksgiving, my mom took leftover turkey, our mashed potatoes, stuffing, and some Indian spices and resurrected the leftovers as kababs. It’s a very versatile and forgiving dish, and this was what I had in mind as I looked at the leftover samosa filling and salmon.<\/p>\n

This isn’t a proper recipe, so there aren’t any measurements. Think of this as a template for you to use up leftover potatoes and meat.<\/p>\n

I took the salmon fillets and flaked them with a fork. Next, I added some of the samosa\/potato filling. With my hands I crumbled the two together in a bowl. I added more potatoes as needed. Then I added some extra spices to punch up the flavor a bit. I added an egg and made sure to incorporate it thoroughly into the mix. Finally, some breadcrumbs to help bind everything.<\/p>\n

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And then for the fun part. Using both hands, I’d scoop up a bit of the mixture and roll it into a ball. Then I flattened the ball into a patty shape and smoothed the edges so that the kabab wouldn’t come apart when it cooked. After that, all that was left was to cook the kababs.<\/p>\n

So in a reasonably minimal amount of time I was able to utilize my leftovers and create an entirely new dish. Not a bad trick! Also consider the fact that Mr. Spice was ehh about the salmon in the first place, now that it’s been doctored up there shouldn’t be any complaints.<\/p>\n

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