Kofta|Meatballs recipe

Kofta|Meatballs

Kofta is a type of meatball or dumpling that is widely distributed in middle eastern,south Asian,Mediterranean cuisines.These koftas dishes are very popular with Indian diaspora and are widely available from many Indian restaurants.A meatball is ground meat rolled into a small ball, sometimes along with other ingredients, such as bread crumbs, minced onion,eggs,butter and seasoning.Meatballs are cooked by frying ,baking ,steaming or braising in sauce.

Ingredients :
Minced meat (beef/mutton) 1/2 kg
bread slice 4 no
water 1/2 cup
salt to taste
Onion 1 no
Green chilli 3 no
Turmeric powder 1 tsp
Pepper powder 2 tsp
Garam masala or any kebab masala 3 tsp
Olive oil 3 tbsp/any other oil

Preparations :
In a bowl add the four pieces of bread and 1/2 glass of water.mash the bread well.
Add the minced meat chopped onion and coriander leaves to the bread.
Add the pepper powder,turmeric powder,kebab masala and salt to taste mix it well.
Keep in refrigerate for 30 mins.apply some oil in your hands and make small sized balls.
In a pan add some oil,keep the flame as medium low then put the meat balls one by one.
Do shallow  fry on both sides well.Now the meats ball/Koftas are done.
Serve with roti or with rice.

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