Beef Kebabs with a Surprise Center Recipe | Aarti Sequeira | Food Network

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon coriander seeds
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 3 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
• 1 (1/2-inch thick slice) of ginger, peeled and roughly chopped
• 1 pound ground beef
• Small handful fresh cilantro, minced (about 2 tablespoons), plus 2 tablespoons for sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon store-bought or homemade garam masala, recipe follows
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons dried cherries, finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons toasted cashews, chopped
• 2 tablespoons grapeseed or canola oil
• 1/2 cup plain yogurt
• 1 lime, juiced
• 3 large cinnamon sticks (if you have the kind you get at Indian stores, it's about 3 tablespoons of cinnamon bark bits)
• 3 tablespoons whole cloves
• 1/4 cup green cardamom pods, shelled, husks discarded (about 2 tablespoons of seeds)
• 4 large black cardamom pods, shelled, husks discarded (about 1 tablespoon of seeds), optional