Lamb Kofta Curry.

Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu!

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

I accept some other delicious Pakistani curry for yous today.
This is my Mum's lamb kofta curry.
Her chicken kofta curry is 1 of the close pop curry recipes hither on the weblog as well as when she cooked upwards a lamb version inwards July, it was a roaring success. We ate it amongst chickpea pulao and a caramelised vegetable yoghurt raita. Delicious for sun lunch.

The curry begins amongst the koftas (meatballs). The mixture tin hold upwards made a twenty-four hours inwards advance - the longer it sits, the to a greater extent than flavor the mince volition have. Then, it is shaped as well as browned inwards butter until golden.

The koftas tin sit down roughly whilst nosotros brand the curry sauce. It's flavoured amongst the commons warming spices as well as is specially skillful after a long, mutual depression temperature day. Yoghurt is used to instruct inwards a niggling creamier - brand certain it's at room temperature to avoid whatever curdling. Once the curry sauce is ready, the koftas become back. After a quick stir-fry, nosotros permit the curry simmer together until it is cooked.

 To complete the curry, my Mother ever adds enough of fresh coriander as well as greenish chillies. Of course, wherever at that spot are koftas, nosotros ever add together boiled eggs. You tin exit them out simply nosotros beloved them inwards our kofta curries. This curry is lovely amongst chickpea pulao, hot boiled rice or lovely soft naan.

Koftas, previously: sesame chicken meatballs // chicken kofta curry // nargisi kofta curry 

A Simple List of Ingredients:

For the Lamb Koftas:

1. Onions
2. Fresh Coriander
3. Lamb Mince
4. Green Chillies
5. Salt
6. Ground Coriander
7. Ground Cumin
8. Ginger Paste
9. Garlic Paste
10. Turmeric Powder
11. Gram Flour (Besan)
12. Vegetable Oil
13. Butter

For the Curry Sauce:

1. Vegetable Oil
2. Onions
3. Tomato
4. Ginger Paste
5. Garlic Paste
6. Ground Coriander
7. Ground Cumin
8. Curry Powder
9. Salt
10. Red Chilli Powder
11. Turmeric Powder
12. Water
13. Plain Yoghurt

To Finish:

1. Fresh Coriander
2. Green Chillies
3. Hard-Boiled Eggs

Bismillah, let's begin!

First, nosotros brand the kofta mixture. Take 2 peeled as well as roughly chopped Onions as well as a Large Handful of Fresh Coriander, roughly chopped.

Put them both into a nutrient processor as well as blend until finely chopped.

We volition eventually mix all the kofta ingredients in hither simply I similar to give the coriander as well as onion a caput start.

Next, add together inwards 420g Lamb Mince. Beef mince as well as chicken mince would piece of job good hither too.

With the lamb mince, add together in:

3 roughly chopped Green Chillies

1/2 teaspoon Salt

1 teaspoon Ground Coriander

1 teaspoon Ground Cumin

1/2 teaspoon Ginger Paste

1/2 teaspoon Garlic Paste

1/2 teaspoon Turmeric Powder

70g (4 tablespoons) Gram Flour / Besan, toasted inwards a dry out pan if yous prefer

Blend everything togetehr until the mixture has formed a ball inwards the processor.

Let the kofta mixture residuum for 15 minutes as well as upwards to overnight. Perfect to brand ahead of time!

When yous are ready to cook, shape the mixture into balls. I used 1 tablespoon of mixture for each kofta as well as made 27 koftas.

We're ready to fry! Side banknote - the koftas would freeze actually good at this betoken too. Let them freeze company on a tray as well as then dissever betwixt freezer bags.

To brownish the koftas, estrus a Few Tablespoons of Vegetable Oil as well as 2 tablespoons Butter inwards a large pan over medium heat.

Fry the koftas (in batches if needed) until they're golden brownish all over.

Set aside until needed.

At this point, boil the eggs which nosotros volition postulate for the terminate of the curry. I similar to boil them forthwith thus that they are ready for later. I used 4 large Eggs as well as boiled them until they were hard-boiled.

Next, I cooked the curry sauce inwards the same saucepan (less washing upwards 😉). Add to a greater extent than Vegetable Oil every bit needed as well as permit it estrus upwards over medium heat.

To the hot oil, add together 2 peeled as well as finely chopped Onions. Let them gently tike until golden.

Pour inwards 1 blended Tomato. You could also operate 1/2 tin tomatoes instead.

Stir the tomatoes in.

Then, add together inwards to a greater extent than Vegetable Oil if needed as well as stir-fry the mixture until the crude rises to the surface as well as separates.

Add in:

1 teaspoon Ginger Paste

1 teaspoon Garlic Paste

2 teaspoons Ground Coriander

1 teaspoon Ground Cumin

1/2 teaspoon Curry Powder

1 teaspoon Salt

1 teaspoon Red Chilli Powder

1/2 teaspoon Turmeric Powder

Stir the spices in, add together a splash of Water as well as stir-fry until the crude has 1 time again risen to the surface. See those bubbles? That's the crude coming up.

Then, plow the estrus correct downward to low. Stir inwards 3 tablespoons Plain Yoghurt, at room temperature. Having the yoghurt at room temperature helps it non curdle every bit it hits the hot curry sauce.

Add inwards some other splash of Water.

Before adding inwards the koftas.

Stir-fry for 10 minutes until the liquid has dried out as well as the sauce sticks to the koftas.

Then, add together inwards every bit much H2O every bit yous would similar curry sauce. I poured inwards 400ml Water.

Stir as well as convey to the boil.

Cover amongst a lid as well as permit the curry laid upwards over a depression estrus for 20 minutes.

Uncover the curry as well as permit it laid upwards gently until the crude has risen to the surface.

Finish yesteryear stirring in:

Handful Fresh Coriander, finely chopped

2 Green Chillies, finely sliced

And, don't forget to cutis as well as add together inwards your 4 Boiled Eggs.

The lamb kofta curry is done!

We ate this curry amongst boiled rice simply it would also hold upwards delicious with fresh naan.

Lamb Kofta Curry.

a crowd pleaser on a Winter's night!

Prep Time: About 20 minutes.

Cook Time: About 1 hour.

Serves: About v people.

Ingredients

For the Koftas

two Onions, peeled as well as roughly chopped

Large handful Fresh Coriander, roughly chopped
420g Lamb Mince
three Green Chillies, roughly chopped
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Ground Coriander
1 teaspoon Ground Cumin
1/2 teaspoon Ginger Paste
1/2 teaspoon Garlic Paste
1/2 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
70g (4 tablespoons) sifted Gram Flour (Besan - toast it inwards a dry pan, if yous prefer)
Few tablespoons Vegetable Oil
two tablespoons Butter

For the Curry Sauce
Vegetable Oil, every bit needed
two Onions, peeled as well as finely chopped
1 Tomato, blended until smooth
1 teaspoon Ginger Paste
1 teaspoon Garlic Paste
two teaspoons Ground Coriander
1 teaspoon Ground Cumin
1/2 teaspoon Curry Powder
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Red Chilli Powder
1/2 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
Water, every bit needed
three tablespoons Plain Yoghurt (at room temperature)

To Finish
Handful Fresh Coriander,  finely chopped
two Green Chillies, finely sliced
4 Eggs, hard-boiled

Mix the kofta mixture:

• In a nutrient processor, blend the onions as well as fresh coriander until finely chopped. Add inwards the residuum of the kofta ingredients except the crude as well as butter. Blend until good combined as well as the mixture has formed a ball inwards the processor.
• Let the kofta mixture residuum for 15 minutes or upwards to overnight.
• Shape the mixture into koftas. I used 1 tablespoon per kofta as well as made 27 koftas.

Fry the koftas:

• Heat the vegetable crude as well as butter inwards a large pan over medium heat. Once the butter has melted, add together the koftas inwards batches as well as tike until golden brownish all over. Remove from the pan as well as move along amongst the rest.

Make the curry sauce:

• In the same pan, add together to a greater extent than crude if yous postulate to. Over medium heat, add together inwards the chopped onions as well as gently tike until golden. Pour inwards the blended tomato plant as well as laid upwards for 5 minutes. Add to a greater extent than crude if yous postulate to, as well as tike good until the crude rises to the surface.
• Add inwards the ginger, garlic, soil coriander, soil cumin, curry powder, salt, carmine chilli powder, as well as turmeric powder. Stir good as well as add together a splash of water. Fry good until the crude rises to the surface.
• Turn the estrus downward to depression and add inwards the yoghurt. Stir inwards earlier adding inwards some other splash of H2O as well as the koftas. Stir-fry for 10 minutes until the liquid has dried out as well as the sauce sticks to the koftas.
• Add every bit much H2O every bit yous would similar forthwith - I added inwards 400ml. Bring to the boil as well as comprehend amongst a lid. Turn the estrus correct downward as well as permit the curry laid upwards for 20 minutes.

Finish the curry:

• Uncover the pan as well as permit the curry gently laid upwards until the crude has risen to the surface. Stir inwards the fresh coriander, greenish chillies as well as boiled eggs. Serve amongst boiled rice or naan bread.

Keep me inwards your duas please, as well as savor your kofta curry!

Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu!