Lemon-Cilantro kofta

Lemon-Cilantro kofta

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon butter
1/2 onion, diced
3 garlic cloves, smashed
1 red chili, seeded and sliced
2 teaspoons turmeric, ground
1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
Juice of 1 lemon
1 lemon, cut into 4 slices
2 tablespoons fresh mint, chopped
1-1/4 cups water

Kofta:

1 pound ground beef
1/2 onion, finely diced
1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
1 teaspoon cinnamon, ground
1 teaspoon cumin
1teaspoon coriander
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1/2 cup oats
1 egg

1. Pre-heat oven to 400 F. Meanwhile in a large mixing bowl add beef, onion, parsley, cinnamon, cumin, coriander, paprika, salt, pepper, egg and oats. With hands mix well. Form into walnut size balls, place on plate and place in refrigerator until needed.

2. In an 8 inch by 8-inch glass pan, add olive oil, butter, onion, garlic, chili, turmeric, cilantro, lemon juice, lemon slices and mint. Mix well and place into oven for 5 minutes. Remove pan from oven add water and mix well. Add meatballs into sauce. Return to oven cook 15 minutes, rotating kofta half way through with a spoon. Serve kofta with sauce.

Yields: 4 servings

Salams

that looks delicious, need to try it one day :lemondrink:

This is a recipe I would also like to try inshaAllah - first time I've seen oats instead of breadcrumbs mashaAllah.
JazakiAllahu khairan for posting this recipe.

This recipe turned out very well mashaAllah. I doubled the quantity and cooked 3/4 of the kofta and froze the rest to use as a side-dish inshaAllah. It also took longer to cook because of the extra quantity.
I also added a little salt to the sauce.
partly-cooked before turning the kofta:


cooked:


I served it with white rice and tomato & cucumber salad.

If I had plenty of yoghourt I would have made Tsatsiki (cucumber & yoghourt salad) and maybe even the Turkish yoghourt soup posted by um-zakaria.
A refreshing change to my usual cooking alhamdulilah.
:barakbr01:

By the way - is this a Turkish recipe?

WaSalaamu alaikum,
Aisha

MashAllah it looks amazing. This is actually a Moroccan recipe.

As salamu alaikum.
Masha Allah, looks sooo good. But how much is 1 pound?

And, cilantro is the same as cosbor/coriander, isn't it? :002:

alaykum Salam, yes cilantro & coriander are the same.

Also 1 pound is 1/2 kilo approx

As salamu alaikum.
:barakbr01: to Umm Talal and Aisha.
Have the meny ready for tomorrow, insha Allah.

alaykum salam, I live in The middle east so I really need to do my recipes metric and American system huh!

as-salamu aleykum,

:barakbr01:

it's delicious and light mashAllah,the lemon makes this dish nice with the hot time arriving...

Please sister Aisha, could you tell us if it tatses still good from the freezer??

InshaAllah I will let you know when I have used the ones i froze.
I think they would be fine in any case - I would use them within a month as I find that most things frozen gets a 'freezer' taste after some time which is why I don't freeze many cooked meals.
But this is a fantastic dish mashaAllah tabaarakAllah 8)

Assalamalekoum ,mmmh looks nice ,morrocan cooking is always excellent!!! :101:

Alaykum Salam, I found the plastic containers with lids hold freezer foods very well for long times mashAllah with no taste.

This looks very interesting, combining my 2 favourite tastes(coriander & lemon). Will definitely be making this soon, Insha-Allah.

I have just eaten this dish after following the instructions to your recipe. I think I may have put in too much lemon, but it was the most delicious and most aromatic dish of koftas I have ever eaten. My family loved it!

Umme Ayyoob

Wa alay kuma salaam wa rahamatulahe wa baraktu,

Great job sis wow and thanks so much for sharing with us I love kufta with a lot of spices and flavour. My husband like its more plain I always put spices in my own though when I make it.