Thursday, 20 March 2014

THURSDAY 20TH MARCH...... Kofta b`siniyah

Make the tahini paste for the base of your serving dish....


Mix together  150 gm of  light tahini paste , 3 tbs of lemon juice , 120 ml of water , 1 fat garlic clove crushed , 2 tbs of rice bran oil ,
Mix together and smear base of your serving plate.
Garnish with a shake or two of crushed sweet paprika .

Put all the kofta ingredients in a large bowl....
1 kg of minced lamb
1 large onion finely chopped
4 fat garlic cloves crushed
80 gm of pine nuts
50 gm of chopped flat parsley leaves
1 large red chilli plus one small red chilli both finely chopped with seeds
2tsp of ground cinnamon
2 tsp of ground all spice
1 tsp of ground nutmeg
2 tsp of groung black pepper
1 tsp of salt
Use your hands to mix everything together
Shape the meat mix into oval shapes approx. 60 gm each  and press the mix to compress and ensure the mix is tight and keeps its shape.
 Heat some oil in a pan and sear the koftas on all sides . Now remove the pan and place the pan with koftas in oven to finish the cooking process.
(about 4 minutes in a very hot oven )
Serve koftas on top of the tahini ,along with pita bread and brown rice


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