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Herby lamb kofta with yoghurt sauce
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Herby lamb kofta with yoghurt sauce

A delicious recipe for herby lamb koftas with yoghurt sauce

Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Middle Eastern

Ingredients

  • 500 lamb mince
  • 1 egg free-range
  • 1 tsp oregano dried
  • salt a generous amount
  • black pepper a generous amount
  • lemon wedges to serve
  • pita bread to serve
  • Salad to serve
Flavour paste:
  • onion roughly chopped
  • 20 parsley
  • 20 Coriander fresh
  • 10 mint
  • 50 raisins or sultanas
  • 50 almonds almond flakes or pine nuts, toasted, blanched
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • ¼ tsp Turmeric
  • ¼ tsp cinnamon
Yoghurt sauce:
  • 1 cup yogurt full-fat
  • ½ tsp oregano dried
  • ¼ tsp cumin
  • lemon juice of a 1/2 lemon
  • 1 Tbsp chive finely chopped, or parsley
  • black pepper
  • salt

Instructions

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  1. Place the lamb mince, egg, oregano and a generous amount of salt and pepper in a large bowl.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Make the yoghurt sauce by combining all the ingredient and seasoning with salt and pepper according to taste.
  5. 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.