Lamb Kofta w Lentil Rice
This is a delicious and healthy main meal. High in fibre and full of flavour!
Ingredients
Middle Eastern Spice Mix
- 2 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
- 2 star anise
- 5 gm cassia or cinnamon bark
- 2 teaspoon coriander seed
- 2 teaspoon cumin seed
- ½ teaspoon black peppercorn
- 1 ½ teaspoon salt
Lamb Kofta
- 270 gm onion
- 4 cloves garlic
- 3 TBS fresh coriander
- 1 egg
- ½ cup breadcrumbs
- 500 gm lamb mince
- 1 ½ TBS Middle Eastern Spice Mix
- oil to fry
Lentil Rice
- 350 gm brown rice
- 1000 gm vegetable or chicken stock
- 6 teaspoon Middle Eastern Spice Mix
- 300 gm hot water
- 420 gm can lentils rinse and drain
- juice from 1 lemon
- 100 gm crumbed feta
- 1 bunch coriander Use the remainder of the bunch leftover from making the kofta
Instructions
Middle Eastern Spice Mix
- Place the smoked paprika into a small sealable jar.
- Add all the remaining whole spices, salt and peppercorns to the TM bowl.
- Mill 1 min/Speed 9.
- Add the milled spices to the smoked paprika. Shake the jar to combine.
Lamb Kofta
- Add quartered onion, garlic and coriander to the TM bowl.
- Chop 5 sec/Speed 9.
- Add the egg and 1 ½ TBS of the Middle Easter Spice mix to the TM bowl.
- Combine 5 sec/Speed 5.
- Add the breadcrumbs and lamb to the mixture.
- Use the dough setting. 1 minute.
- Remove the kofta mixture from the bowl and shape onto kebab skewers.
- Fry the kofta in a pan with olive oil over a very low heat.
Lentil Rice
- Place the rice in the internal steaming basket.
- Thoroughly rinse the rice under hot running water.
- Add the stock and Middle Eastern spice mix to the TM Bowl.
- Place the drained rice (in the internal steaming basket) into the TM bowl.
- Cook for 20 min/100 degrees/Speed 4.
- Add 300gm hot water. Cook for a further 20min/100 degrees/Speed 4.
- Pour the cooking stock into the ThermoServer, tip the rice out of the steaming basket and into the cooking stock in the ThermoServer. Replace the lid of the Thermoserver and allow the rice to stand for 20-30 minutes. This will complete the cooking process of the rice.
- Once the rice is tender, drain off any remaining stock.
- Return the rice to the ThermoServer.
- Chop the coriander.
- Add the drained lentils, lemon juice, chopped coriander and feta to the rice.
- Gently combine the lentil rice ingredients and serve.
Notes
To save time have the rice on to cook whilst your frying the kofta balls.
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Nutrition
Calories: 450kcal
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