Kofte with vegetable sticks and yogurt
Today we have a fantastic Turkish recipe for you: you absolutely have to try this meatball, or köfte, recipe from @easyinterieur.
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45 min
Total Time
30 min
Cooking Time
15 min
Preperation Time
Ingredients
| Vegetable sticks: | |
| 1 | red bell pepper |
| 1 | yellow bell pepper |
| 1 | green bell pepper |
| 6 | carrots |
| 3-4 tbsp. | oil |
| Meatballs/kofta | |
| 300g | ground beef or vegan |
| 1 | chopped onion |
| 10 | chopped parsley stalks |
| 1 tbsp. | breadcrumbs/cornmeal |
| 1/2 tsp. | salt |
| 1/2 tsp. | pepper |
| Tomato sauce: | |
| 400g | can of chopped tomatoes |
| 1 tbsp. | tomato paste |
| 1 tsp. | salt |
| 1 tsp. | paprika powder |
| 1 tsp. | thyme |
| 1 | glass of water |
| Rice | |
| 4 | glasses of rice, wash |
| 6 | glasses of water |
| 50g | butter |
| 1 tbsp. | oil |
| 1 tsp. | salt |
| Tomato sauce no. 2: | |
| 1 tbsp. | tomato paste |
| 1 tsp. | paprika powder |
| 2 tbsp. | butter |
| 1 tsp. | salt |
Instructions
Step 1 of 11:
Finely chop the onions and mix them in a bowl with minced meat, one egg, finely chopped parsley, breadcrumbs, salt, and pepper (this also works with vegan mince)
Step 2 of 11:
Shape into small balls
Step 3 of 11:
Cut the vegetables into sticks and fry them in the Frying Pan with oil until slightly tender.
Step 4 of 11:
Take out the sticks and place them on a plate.
Step 5 of 11:
In the same Frying Pan, sear the meatballs over high heat until cooked through, then remove them from the Frying Pan
Step 6 of 11:
In a small pot, mix tomato paste and strained tomatoes with oil, salt, and paprika powder to taste, then bring to the boil
Step 7 of 11:
Arrange the vegetable sticks in a circle in the Frying Pan and pile the meatballs in the middle, then spread the sauce over them
Step 8 of 11:
Place in the oven at 200° for approx. 10 min.
Step 9 of 11:
Meanwhile, cook the rice: rinse the rice, melt butter in a Frying Pan, briefly fry the rice, add salt, then let it simmer in a pot with water for 15 min.
Step 10 of 11:
Yoghurt (optionally mixed with crushed garlic)
Step 11 of 11:
Take the Frying Pan out of the oven and spread the yoghurt and the remaining tomato sauce over it in a wave pattern, garnish with dried mint, and serve
