Kofta Curry
I got this recipe from my high school friend Maria, who upon my begging for new things to do with ground turkey, sent this. It is delicious and simple. We serve it with couscous or rice, and sometimes some pita wedges. On a different note, I love those bowl plate things, but they are so not photo friendly. They are Erin friendly, because they are super colorful, but pink and green and blue plates do not make for pretty food photos.
Ingredients:
3 tablespoons chopped onion
1½ pounds ground turkey (or lamb, or beef, or venison)
2½ tsp salt
¼ tsp ground cinnamon
1/8 tsp ground cloves
1 egg, beaten
¼ cup vegetable oil
½ cup thinly sliced onion (separate from the chopped onion)
1 tsp ground turmeric
1 cup water
2 Tbsp tomato paste
2 tsp ground coriander
½ tsp ground cumin
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
Combine the chopped onion, turkey, 1½ teaspoons of the salt, the cinnamon, cloves and beaten egg. Shape into eighteen meatballs and set aside.
Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil. Brown the onion slices in it. Add the turmeric and cook for two or three minutes. Remove the onion slices from the pan and reserve them.
Add the remaining oil to the pan and heat it. Add the meatballs and cook them until browned on all sides.
Mix the browned onions, water, tomato paste, remaining salt, the coriander, cumin and cayenne and add to the pan. Cover and cook over moderate heat for 20 minutes.
This sounds interesting! I’m still getting used to the whole cooking with meat things and am grateful for tips on using it (especially the kinds I’m actually eating!) Time to try a little something outside Moosewood for curries!
i’m so glad you guys liked it…i made this last week…mmm. i wish i had some right now.
@ms. pleasant: i don’t usually enjoy cooking with meat, but this is pretty easy once you can get yourself over the idea of mooshing a bunch of raw meat around with your hands.