Kofte with vegetable sticks and yogurt
Today we have a fantastic Turkish recipe for you: You absolutely must try this meatball or köfte recipe from @easyinterieur .
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Have fun trying it out.
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/Kofte | |
| 300g | Minced beef or vegan |
| 1 | chopped onion |
| 10 | chopped parsley stalks |
| 1 tbsp | Breadcrumbs/Cornflour |
| 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 with minced meat, one egg, and chopped parsley, breadcrumbs, salt, and pepper in a bowl (this also works with vegan mince)
Step 2 of 11:
Form into balls
Step 3 of 11:
Cut vegetables into sticks and stir-fry in a pan with oil until tender-crisp.
Step 4 of 11:
Remove the sticks and place on plates.
Step 5 of 11:
In the same pan, sear the meatballs until cooked through and remove from the pan
Step 6 of 11:
In a small pot, mix tomato paste and strained tomatoes with oil, salt, and paprika powder as desired and bring to a boil
Step 7 of 11:
Arrange the vegetable sticks in a circle in the pan, pile the meatballs in the center, and distribute the sauce over them
Step 8 of 11:
Place in the oven at 200°C for approx. 10 minutes.
Step 9 of 11:
Meanwhile, cook rice: Rinse rice, melt butter in a pan, briefly fry rice, add salt, and then simmer in a pot with water for 15 minutes.
Step 10 of 11:
Yogurt (optionally mix with pressed garlic)
Step 11 of 11:
Remove pan from oven and distribute the yogurt and remaining tomato sauce over it in a wave pattern, garnish with dried mint, and serve
