Lamb Kofta Kebabs - Easy and Delicious

My 'make it up as you go along' recipe for Kofta Kebabs worked! Not the best plated up pictures in the world but you get the idea.

There I was in work on Monday filling up the meat fridges when I spied kebabs and so felt the need to be making them.  Once again I read the back of the packet to see what they'd put in and went home with a mission to make them.

Must say, I was really pleased with the result and will make these again.

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To make 6 you will need:

1 slice of bread to make breadcrumbs

1 onion

3 garlic cloves

500g minced lamb

1 egg yolk

2 teaspoons of garam masala

1/2 a teaspoon of cumin **as garam masala already contains cumin I only used this much

1 and a half tablespoons of Belazu Rose Harissa

a squeeze of lemon juice

freshly chopped flat leaved parsley

a little salt and pepper

6 wooden skewers about 8 inches in length

 

**If you are going to cook these on a BBQ soak the skewers in water for an hour before hand. I'm not too sure if they would fall apart though on a BBQ - I did have to be careful turning mine.

Tear the slice of bread in half - leave the crust on it wont matter. Whiz for a few seconds till you have breadcrumbs - remove and set aside.

Now quarter the onion and throw that in along with the garlic cloves and whiz that up till the onion is chopped nice and small.

Now put in the minced lamb but only whiz for a few seconds as you don't want it too whizzed up or it will go all horrid and paste like - we don't want paste like yuk!

In a large mixing bowl put in the onion and garlic the egg yolk, rose harissa paste, garam masala and cumin. Give it a good mix and then add the minced lamb along with 5 tablespoons of the breadcrumbs and a squeeze of lemon juice.

You need to mix it together to even out the spices and combine it all. Just be careful not to get carried away mixing or as I said before, the lamb will go like paste.

When your almost done, season with a little salt and pepper and add the parsley to the mixture.

I found that 5 tablespoons of breadcrumbs was fine but if you think your mixtures is too sloppy - if you've paid attention it shouldn't be! but if it is then you can add a little more of the breadcrumbs.

Divide the mixture into 6 and using your hands mold it around each wooden skewer keeping them all the same size and shape.

You can take a little of the mixture and fry it - give it a taste then you'll know what you want more of. I usually do this but couldn't actually be bothered so took a chance and they were perfect.

Now get them cooking.

I cooked them on my amazing electric griddle thing - perfect! But you can of course use a grill pan. Turn them a couple of times so they cook evenly. When they are nicely done and cooked through serve straight away.

I served them with pitta bread that I'd put on the griddle before the kebabs. Along with a lemon wedge, shredded white cabbage, onion, tomato, cucumber and a couple of pickled chilli peppers (shop brought in a jar). The dipping sauce was  a hot pepper sauce - again shop brought.