Turkish Kofta Kebabs With Minted Yogurt And Carrot Cumin Salad Recipes

TURKISH KOFTA KEBABS WITH MINTED YOGURT AND CARROT, CUMIN SALAD

Steps:

• Soak skewers in cold water for half and hour.
• Add lamb, onion, garlic, chilli and parsley to a bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Mix with hands until all is combined.
• Divide into 8 portions and mould into sausage shapes around skewers. Chill for minimum of 30 minutes or overnight.
• For the minted yogurt, mix yogurt with mint. Season to taste with salt and pepper, and set aside.
• For carrot and cumin salad, peel and shred the carrot and turnip in a food processor. Toss into a bowl with oil, cumin and lemon juice.
• Brush koftas well with oil and lightly oil a griddle or frying pan. Fry koftas in batches over medium heat in a preheated pan about 5 minutes until browned all over and cooked through.
• Layer tomato slices, then salad then koftas onto 4 plates. Serve yogurt along side.

TURKISH KOFTA KEBABS

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.