Lamb Boti Kabab Recipe 

I live in one of the two Bihari diasporas in Dhaka, so whenever I leave my house my lungs are filled with the smell of kebabs. There is a stereotype in our country about Biharis being amazing cooks, and I dislike the idea of stereotypes but whenever I taste Bihari food I just melt. And if anyone plans to go out to have some streetside Bihari kebabs, I am always ready.

And of all the streetside kebabs, boti kabab is my favorite. I am so glad we are finally sharing this boti kabab recipe with you all. Whenever we have kabab, boti kabab is my must order.

Now what is boti kabab? Boti kabab is kabab made with small chunks of meat. The chunks of meat are marinated and then cooked on a grill. It tastes the best when grilled over coal, but that takes the longest as well.

The boti kabab meaning is in the name itself. Boti means small chunks of meat. So boti kabab literally means kabab made from small chunks of meat. And similarly to many other kebabs, boti kabab comes from the Mughal Empire.

Now the Lucknowi boti kabab recipe is a little different from traditional boti kabab recipes. Lucknowi boti kabab recipe has a sort of curry with the kabab. The rest of the recipe is similar to the normal recipe, both use boti or chunks of meat and both have the meat smoked or grilled.

For boti kabab you can use any kind of meat. Traditionally it is made with beef. But you can have chicken boti kabab as well. For chicken boti kabab recipe you can follow our recipe, just adjust the cooking time for chicken.

Lamb boti kabab is also possible, even though it is not nearly as popular in the streets of Dhaka. Our recipe today is Lamb Boti Kabab. But you can interchange the lamb with beef without any issue.

What’s special about our lamb boti kabab recipe is that it is made in the oven. So you can make it easily, even thousands of miles away from home. Just preheat the oven according to our instructions, and enjoy. No hassle of coal or fire.

But if you do have access to typical grilling, I recommend you use that for our lamb boti kabab recipe. Because kabab made over fire has a different taste and flavor compared to kabab made in an oven.

Now to go a little off topic and give you one trivia, Boti kabab is not to be confused with bot kabab. Boti kabab and bot kabab even look very similar from afar, but they are completely different.

Bot kabab is kabab made with beef tripe. Boti means beef tripe, and it is very popular in Bangladesh. As beef tripe or boti is cheaper than beef, boti kabab is one of the cheapest kebabs available. Yet it is absolutely delicious.

Back to our recipe, boti kabab is also sometimes confused with seekh kabab. And it is understandable, because both are made using seekh or skewers.

But when we think about Boti kabab vs Seekh Kebab, the difference is in the meat. Seekh kabab is made with minced meat that is seasoned with different spices and herbs. Then the minced meat is placed on a skewer for barbecuing. Boti kabab is made with chunks of meat that are marinated and placed in a skewer.