Beef Koftas with Grilled Sweet Peppers and Mint Yoghurt
Fabulous Fakeaway coming your way! Our take on Turkish-style Beef Koftas is served with totally delicious grilled peppers and blistered tomatoes. You could serve this with flatbreads, warmed under the grill, but we've opted for long grain rice and an easy yet super tasty minted yoghurt, pimped with garlic and lemon.
Method
Based on 4 servings, adjust as needed.
Step 1
Into a mini processor add the onion, all but half a clove of the garlic and the parsley. Blend until just about smooth. Add a splash of water if you are struggling to make the paste come together.
Step 2
Into a large bowl add the beef mince, ground cumin, ground coriander, ground cinnamon a very generous pinch of salt, black pepper and the onion and garlic paste you just made. Mix this really well with your hands for a minute or two until the mince starts to come together and the spices and paste are evenly distributed throughout. Divide the mixture into 4 (if cooking for 4) and pack each portion around a metal skewer to form a long sausage. Make sure it's really tightly packed on. Pop them into the fridge to firm up for 10-15 minutes if you have time, but it's not imperative.
Step 3
When you are ready to cook, preheat the grill to 220°C. Onto a large tray, place the kofta along with the little sweet peppers which you should prick with a sharp knife or cut them in half, lengthways if they are large. Cut the tomatoes in half and place these onto the tray as well, cut side up. Drizzle the vegetables with a little olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Place the tray under the hot grill on the middle shelf and cook for 8 minutes before carefully removing the tray and turning over the Koftas (no need to turn the veggies as you want these a little charred. Replace the tray and grill for a further 6-8 minutes. Once cooked, remove the tray and allow the meat to rest.
Step 4
Meanwhile, cook the rice according to the packet instructions and make the yoghurt dip. Place the Greek yoghurt into a small mixing bowl and grate in the remaining half of the garlic clove. Add the lemon juice and zest, dried mint and a little salt. Mix well.
Step 5
Serve the cooked rice onto plates, along with the rested Kofta, grilled veggies and the minted yoghurt on the side. If you like a little heat, add a splash of hot sauce on the side.
- Ingredients
- Based on 4 servings
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2 Pouches Cooked Long Grain Rice 2x Ben's Original Classic Long Grain Microwave Rice 220g -
500g Beef Mince 1x Sainsbury's British or Irish 12% Fat Beef Mince 500g -
15g Parsley, picked 1x Sainsbury's Fresh Packed Flat Leaf Parsley 30g -
2.5 Garlic, peeled 1x Sainsbury's Garlic -
300g Sweet Baby Peppers, or used halved and deseeded Romano peppers 1x Sainsbury's Baby Sweet Peppers, Taste the Difference 270g -
4 Vine Tomatoes, cut in half 1x Sainsbury's Large Vine Tomatoes 500g -
0.5 tsp Dried Mint 1x Sainsbury's Mint 12g -
4 tsp Hot Sauce 1x Encona West Indian Hot Pepper Sauce 142ml -
200g Greek Style Yoghurt 1x Sainsbury's Greek Style Natural Yogurt 200g -
0.5 Lemon 1x Sainsbury's Lemons -
4 Metal Skewers 1x Sainsbury's Home Pack of 4 Stainless Steel Skewers -
2tsp Ground Cumin 1x Sainsbury's Ground Cumin 43g -
0.5 Red Onion 1x Sainsbury's Red Onions Loose -
1.5tsp Ground Coriander 1x Sainsbury's Ground Coriander 36g -
0.25 tsp Cinnamon 1x Sainsbury's Ground Cinnamon 38g -
1 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1x Sainsbury's Olive Oil, Extra Virgin 500ml -
Maldon Salt, to taste, 1x Maldon Sea Salt Flakes 250g