Iraqi Lamb Kofta Kebabs

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Healthy, tasty and easy to make

Serves: 4-6

Prep Time: 25 minutes

Cooking Time: 1hr

Source: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/iraqi-lamb-kofta-kebabs

Ingredients:

• 3 garlic cloves, crushed or grated

• thumb-sized piece of ginger, peeled and finely grated

• 2 shallots, roughly chopped

• small handful of parsley, roughly chopped

• 2 mint sprigs, leaves picked and roughly chopped

• 2 tsp ground cumin

• 2 tsp ground coriander

• 1 tsp ground cinnamon

• 1 tbsp tomato purée

• 500g lamb mince

• For texture and binding, consider addition of bread crumbs (1-2 tbsp) or (2-4tbsp) rice flour

Method:

1. Put the garlic, ginger, shallots, parsley, half the mint, the cumin, coriander, cinnamon, tomato purée and 1 tsp each salt and freshly ground black pepper in a food processor. Blitz until everything is finely chopped, about 30 seconds.

2. Tip the lamb into a large bowl and add the spice mix, stirring until everything is well combined. If using bamboo skewers, soak these for 15 mins before continuing.

3. Form rough handfuls of the lamb mixture into meatballs and thread these onto the skewers. Roll the meat in your hands to flatten into an egg-like shape. Continue until all the mixture has been used.

4. Heat the grill to high and grill the kofta for about 6 mins, then turn and cook for a further 6 mins, or until the meat is cooked through.