These are very easy to make and are delicious served with home-made hummus.
500g beef or lamb mince ( lean )
1/2 cup bulgur wheat
2 tablespoons boiling water
1 or 2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 small finely chopped red onion
1 teaspoon cumin powder
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon garam masala
finely chopped fresh cilantro/coriander leaves-1/2 cup (optional) finely chopped.
salt -1 teaspoon.
1. Pour the boiling water onto the bulgur in a small bowl, cover, leave 5 minutes.
2. Meanwhile chop the onion, crush the garlic.
3. Put the meat, spices, onion, salt, garlic, coriander if using, and softened wheat (which will have absorbed the water) into a food processor and pulse until well mixed.
4. Remove, and with wet hands divide the mix into 12 or 16 lots. Use a half cup or 1/3rd cup as a measure to get them evenly sized.
Toss the mix back and forth in wet hands to form balls, then roll into Kofta shapes.
5. Refrigerate.
7. Drizzle with a little honey or pomegranate molasses.
8. Place them on a warmed thin wrap on a bed of hummus.
9. Top with cucumber, tomatoes, peppers, sprouts and mint and a squeeze of lemon.
10. Fold the wrap over and devour.
1 can chick peas
1/4 cup of liquid from the can
2 tablespoons of Tahini
5 tablespoons of lemon juice, or juice of 2 lemons.
Salt and pepper.
A crushed clove of garlic(optional)
A few teaspoons of olive oil
A few teaspoons warm water.
To serve, plain yoghurt and mint.
You can make the hummus as grainy or as smooth as you prefer. It makes 2 cups and keeps several days. Delicious with vegetable sticks or wholegrain crackers. Rice crackers to be gluten free.
Whizz the first 6 ingredients in a food processor until it is the consistency you like.
If it is too grainy and thick add the olive oil and warm water and process again.
When serving swirl with olive oil or add a good dollop of plain yoghurt. This makes it creamy.
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