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Beef Tikka Boti Recipe

بیف تکہ بوٹی بنانے کا طریقہ

Skewered beef boti marinated overnight in yogurt, lemon and spices, then grilled hot over coals until charred outside and tender inside.
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Prep

25 min

Cook

25 min

Marinate / soak

10 hr

Serves

5

Difficulty

Medium

Spice

Medium hot

Beef tikka boti is the Bakra Eid barbecue staple: small cubes of boneless beef, marinated for a long time and grilled on skewers over hot coals. Beef is tougher than chicken, so everything depends on the cut, the size of the cubes and a long marinade with ginger, garlic, yogurt and lemon. Cook it fast and hot so the outside chars before the inside dries out.

Ingredients

5 servings

For 5 servings

Measures

For the marinade

To baste and serve

Method

  1. Trim off thick sinew and silver skin, then cut the beef into even 1-inch cubes. Smaller, even pieces cook through before they toughen.

  2. Rub the ginger-garlic paste, salt and lemon juice into the beef first and leave it for 30 minutes. This first rub starts tenderising the meat.

    ⏱ 30 min

  3. Add the yogurt, all the spices and the oil and mix well. Cover and marinate in the fridge overnight, at least 10 hours.

    ⏱ 600 min

  4. Take the beef out of the fridge 30 minutes before cooking. If using wooden skewers, soak them in water for the same 30 minutes.

    ⏱ 30 min

  5. Thread the cubes onto skewers, touching but not squashed together. Light the coals and wait until they glow under white ash with no flames.

    ⏱ 20 min

  6. Grill the skewers close to the coals, turning every 2 to 3 minutes and fanning the coals, until the boti is charred at the edges and just cooked through.

    ⏱ 12 min

  7. Brush with melted ghee in the last 2 minutes and let it drip onto the coals for smoke. Slide off the skewers, sprinkle with chaat masala and serve with onion rings and lemon.

    ⏱ 2 min

Tips for the best result

  • For fresh qurbani meat, rest it in the fridge for a day before marinating. Meat cooked within hours of slaughter is noticeably tougher.
  • Many cooks add 1 tbsp of raw papaya paste to the first rub for tough beef. If you do, marinate for no more than 4 hours or the meat turns mushy.
  • A bit of fat on the cubes keeps them juicy. Pure lean meat dries out on the grill.

Common mistakes

  • Using curry cuts with lots of connective tissue. They need slow cooking; on a grill they stay chewy however long you marinate.
  • Grilling too far from weak coals. The boti cooks slowly, loses its juice and ends up grey and hard instead of charred.

How to serve

Serve hot off the coals with naan or paratha, hari chutney, raita and onion rings.

Storing and reheating

Cooked boti keeps 2 days in the fridge; reheat quickly in a hot pan so it does not toughen. Raw marinated beef freezes for up to 1 month.

Nutrition and cost

Worked out from the ingredients, not measured in a lab. Treat both as a rough guide.

Per serving Estimate

Calories
685kcal
Protein
40g
Fat
54g
Carbs
8g
Fibre
1.5g
Sodium
840mg

Estimated from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy (April 2018), public domain values for the raw ingredients (100% of the recipe by weight had data). Deep-frying oil is counted at 20%; bones and water lost in cooking are not subtracted, so bone-in and fried dishes can read high. Not medical advice. Method

Cost per servingEstimate

≈ Rs 275

Whole dish ≈ Rs 1,370 · 88% of ingredients by weight priced

From the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics weekly SPI, week ended 29 Oct 2026. Spices, herbs and some vegetables are not in the SPI and are left out unless you add your price, so the real cost is a little higher. How this works

Beef Tikka Boti: questions people ask

How do I make beef boti soft?

Use a tender cut like undercut, cut small even cubes, marinate overnight with ginger, lemon and yogurt, and grill fast over very hot coals. Overcooking is what makes most boti hard.

Can I make beef tikka boti without a grill?

Yes. Cook the cubes in a very hot cast-iron pan or under the oven grill in a single layer, then give them a coal smoke in a covered pot for 5 minutes.

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Read this recipe in Urdu: بیف تکہ بوٹی بنانے کا طریقہ

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