Great for make for the whole family, lamb Kofta’s are a Middle Eastern dish grilled and served with pitta, salad, dips, and sauces. The simplest and most pleasing is a minty yoghurt dip.
Lamb Koftas
Ingredients – serves 2
- – 150g lamb mince
- – Teaspoon each of cumin powder, coriander powder
- – 3-4 mint leaves, rolled and fine sliced
- – Small handful of fresh coriander, extra for garnish
- – Salt & Pepper
Minty Yoghurt
- – Small pot of plain yoghurt
- – Handful mint leaves
- – Fresh Pomegranate or a pot of seeds
Method
- Mix all the kofta ingredients together thoroughly.
- Shape by hand – you can do long and thin sausage/ kebab style, or roll into balls and flatten into patties.
- To make the yoghurt – fine slice the mint, extract the pomegranate seeds. Mix all together.
To Cook
- Use a griddle pan ideally, although a frying pan is fine.
- Heat to high, then brown each side of the kofta, you want a bit of charring.
- Serve in a toasted pitta, with fresh salad leaves, ripe tomato, fresh coriander and a drizzle of minty yoghurt on the top. Delicious
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