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Lamb kofta with rice

Name: Lamb kofta with rice
Total time: 66 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 300g lamb mince; 150g basmati rice; 1 onion; 1 handful flat parsley; 2 tsp cumin, allspice and paprika; 2 tomatoes

Also known as كفتة · lamb kefta · kofta kebab with rice · lamb kofta rice plate

Minced lamb with onion and parsley, grilled on a skewer until charred outside and still juicy within. Warm-spiced, salty, eaten with rice.

Middle Easterndinner

Typical serving

680 kcal

usually 540–850 kcal

Typical nutrition for one serving
Protein	38 g
Carbs	60 g
Fat	32 g

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Before you start

skewers, or a very hot griddle

24mhands on

42munattended

1h 6mstart to finish

Ingredients

Serves 2 · dimmer marks are storecupboard

300glamb mince
150gbasmati rice
1onion
1 handfulflat parsley
2 tspcumin, allspice and paprika
2tomatoes

Method

6 steps

chop · 6m
Grate the onion and squeeze the water out of it, chop the parsley fine.
fold · 4m
Knead everything into the mince for a full two minutes — worked properly it turns tacky and clings to a bare skewer without egg or breadcrumb.
rest · 30m walk away
Chilled thirty minutes, which is what stops it sliding off the skewer over the heat.
boil · 12m walk away
Rice on: rinsed, twice its volume of water, lid, lowest heat.
grill · 12m
Shaped around the skewers, onto fierce heat, turned once it releases. Tomatoes alongside until they blister.
finish · 2m
Rest two minutes off the heat, then onto the rice with the tomatoes and their juices.

Worth knowing

The mince is kneaded rather than stirred. Working it develops the proteins enough that it clings to a bare skewer without egg or breadcrumb.

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