{"id":3312,"date":"2013-04-23T15:30:15","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T15:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/?p=3312"},"modified":"2013-04-23T15:30:15","modified_gmt":"2013-04-23T15:30:15","slug":"recipe-lamb-koftas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/2013\/04\/23\/recipe-lamb-koftas\/","title":{"rendered":"Recipe | Lamb koftas"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A kofta, as you probably know, is a meatball with swagger. How much swagger you give it is entirely up to you. I chucked in what was to hand and it worked really rather well. I’d never added pine nuts or raisins but there they were, winking at me, when I opened the cupboard, so in they went. They’re not essential. Some well-chosen spices and whatever you happen to have to hand will do the trick.<\/p>\n

Serves 2-4
\n<\/span>400g lamb mince
\nA handful of pine nuts
\nA handful of raisins
\nHalf a red onion, very finely chopped
\nA very small clove of garlic, crushed to a paste
\nA pinch of ground cloves
\nA slightly bigger pinch of ground cinnamon
\nAn even bigger pinch of chilli flakes
\nHalf a teaspoon of smoked paprika
\nA whole teaspoon of ground coriander
\nA good fistful of chopped coriander
\nAn egg
\nSalt and pepper
\nTo serve
\n<\/em>Yogurt
\nHarissa<\/p>\n

– Everything goes in a bowl. Be generous with the salt. Smoosh it thoroughly by hand. Don’t blend in a machine it will be foul. Form into 8 or so balls. Chill if you can. I didn’t. Get a pan hottish with a good splash of oil and fry for 12-14 minutes, turning the balls sporadically, until lovely and crisp.<\/p>\n

– Serve with a thwack of yogurt and a little harissa. I ate them with couscous for lunch, though you could serve them with a little cucumber salad as a starter. Actually that sounds rather good. Do that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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