Herby lamb kofta with yoghurt sauce
A delicious recipe for herby lamb koftas with yoghurt sauce
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Ingredients
- 500 gms lamb mince
- 1 free-range egg
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- Salt and pepper a generous amount
- Lemon wedges to serve
- Pita bread & salad to serve
Flavour paste:
- 1 onion roughly chopped
- 20 gms parsley
- 20 gms fresh coriander
- 10 gms mint
- 50 gms seedless raisins or sultanas
- 50 gms blanched almonds almond flakes or pine nuts, toasted
- 1 tsp cumin
- ¼ tsp turmeric
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
Yoghurt sauce:
- 1 cup full-fat yoghurt
- ½ tsp dried oregano
- ¼ tsp cumin
- Juice of a 1/2 lemon
- 1 Tbsp finely chopped chives or parsley
- Salt & pepper
Instructions
- Place the lamb mince, egg, oregano and a generous amount of salt and pepper in a large bowl.
- Add all the flavour paste ingredients to a bowl of a food processor and blend until you have a rough paste. Add this to the lamb mixture and using your hand's mix well.
- Shape into the kofta or meatball shape, flatten slightly, and cook on a griddle or frying pan with a little olive oil until cooked through and firm.
- Make the yoghurt sauce by combining all the ingredient and seasoning with salt and pepper according to taste.
- Serve with toasted pita bread, yoghurt sauce and a salad of your choice. Cucumber, tomato and red onion works really well here
Notes
The meat mixture can be made in advance and made into the koftas before serving.