Rice and Lamb Kofta with Tahini Sauce Recipe
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| Rice and Lamb Kofta with Tahini Sauce |
Preparation time: 60 minutes
Serves: 4
Level: Easy
Ingredients
Kofta
500 grams lamb meat without fat, minced
1 teaspoon crushed garlic
¼ cup onion, finely chopped
1 teaspoon hot green pepper, finely chopped
¼ cup parsley, finely chopped
1 tablespoon grape vinegar or apple
2 teaspoon salt
Ground Spices
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon mixed spices
½ teaspoon cinnamon powder
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
Rice
1 cup rice
2 cups chicken or beef broth
1 tablespoon onion , finely chopped
1 tablespoon margarine
Salt and black pepper to taste
Tahini sauce
1 cup tahini
3 cups water
2 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon crushed garlic
1 tablespoon salt
1 cup thin sliced onions
2 tablespoon olive oil
Salt and black pepper to taste
For garnish
¼ cup pine nuts
Directions
Kofta
- Mix kofta ingredients very well.
Rice
- Wash rice and soak in warm water for half an hour and then drain it.
- In a saucepan, saute onion with margarine and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Add rice and stir.
- Add hot broth, leave uncovered over high heat until the broth becomes on the rice level.
- Reduce heat, cover the pan and leave for 10 minutes until the rice is cooked well.
- Pour into a bowl and leave to cool completely.
- Mix rice with meat well.
- Form mixture into 7 cm length Fingers (Put your hand in cold water to make the process easy). Place fingers in a greased oven tray adjacent to each other.
- Preheat oven to 180°C. Put tray in the middle rack of the oven for about 15 minutes turning kofta into both sides.
Tahini sauce
- Mix tahini with water and salt, slowly add the water while stirring to keep the mixture smooth.
- Fry pine nuts in olive oil until golden brown. Remove from heat.
- Saute onion in the same oil on low heat, sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Add garlic and stir.
- Add tahini sauce and stir well on medium heat until starts to boil.
- Add lemon juice and stir.
- Pour over Kofta then return the tray into the oven for another 5 minutes.
- Remove from oven. Pour into serving dish. Scatter pine nuts over the top. Serve
Source: Lebanese Recipes
