Kofta Meshweya Recipes

Steps:

• Bring water to a boil in a large saucepan.
• Add meatballs, tomato sauce, bouillon, oregano, basil, thyme, salt and pepper to taste, celery, carrots, and garlic, and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Add macaroni and cook until pasta is done. Top with Parmesan cheese to serve.

Steps:

• In a food processor, or by hand, finely chop the onions, and herbs.
• Add onions and herbs to the ground meat, season with salt and pepper, and mix together.
• If you are making meatballs, roll into little balls and fry in a little bit of oil, on high heat, until brown.
• Add to whatever sauce you like, continue cooking until meatballs are fully cooked.
• OR you can wrap the meat around skewers.
• Place the skewers on an oiled grill, or on a rack under the broiler.
• cook for about 8 minutes, turning over once or more, cooking until lightly browned.

Steps:

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• Cover eight bamboo skewers with cold water and leave them to soak.
• Put the minced chicken into a bowl with the onions, garlic, chilli flakes, parsley, one teaspoon of salt and some freshly ground black pepper. Mix together with your hands until bound together.
• Divide the mixture into eight and mould it into long sausage shapes around the drained bamboo skewers.
• heat the grilled pan and Brush the kofta with oil .and cook on medium heat.
• turning occasionally, until browned all over and cooked through.
• serve with pitta and yogurt.

Steps:

• Put the tomatoes in a pan with the olive oil, paprika, salt and pepper and sugar and cook over a medium heat for about 15 minutes.
• Add the meatballs from recipe #451292, bring the sauce to a simmer, and cook the sauce and meatballs for another 15 minutes, or until they are cooked through.
• If you are using the toasted pita, then toast it under the broiler until brown and crisp. Break it into small pieces.
• In each individual bowl, put a quarter of the toasted pita pieces, tomato sauce and meatballs over it and top with a layer of the yogurt.
• Garnish with the pine nuts, and finely chopped parsley.

Steps:

• Mash the garlic into a paste with the salt using a mortar and pestle or the flat side of a chef's knife on your cutting board. Mix the garlic into the lamb along with the onion, parsley, coriander, cumin, cinnamon, allspice, cayenne pepper, ginger, and pepper in a mixing bowl until well blended. Form the mixture into 28 balls. Form each ball around the tip of a skewer, flattening into a 2 inch oval; repeat with the remaining skewers. Place the kebabs onto a baking sheet, cover, and refrigerate at least 30 minutes, or up to 12 hours.
• Preheat an outdoor grill for medium heat, and lightly oil grate.
• Cook the skewers on the preheated grill, turning occasionally, until the lamb has cooked to your desired degree of doneness, about 6 minutes for medium.