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Turkey Kofta
Kofta, known by several other names, is a middle eastern cylindrical shaped meat ball. With the turkey pre-cooked, these popular morsels are easy to transform into an exotic, saucy dish served over five minute couscous.
SERVES
4
TO
6
Ingredients
- 8 small pre-cooked turkey kofta
- 2 cups good quality prepared tomato sauce (500 milliliters)
- 1 tsp Moroccan spice blend (5 milliliters)
- ¼ cup roughly chopped fresh mint (50 milliliters)
- 1 clove garlic, grated , optional
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (45 milliliters)
- 1 cup instant couscous (250 milliliters)
- 1 1 /2 cups chicken broth (375 milliliters)
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Grated zest of 1 lemon
Directions
- In a medium pot, heat tomato sauce with pre cooked kofta over medium low setting. Add the spice blend and bring to a boil. Simmer covered for 20-25 minutes until sauce has flavoured the meat. Adjust the seasoning.
- Meanwhile in a medium bowl, combine the fresh mint, grated garlic clove and extra virgin olive oil. Stir to blend well.
- In a small pot, bring stock to a boil . Pour in couscous, salt and pepper and grated lemon zest. Stir, remove from heat and let stand covered for five minutes.
- To serve fluff couscous, spoon two kofta with sauce on a place and drizzle with the fresh mint mixture.
