Sunday, October 18, 2020

Kofta

Based on David Lebovitz, based on Tartine All Day. Beyond Meat ground beef is seriously good in this. Ground lamb is great too, and presumably other animal-based ground meats would also be good. But if you want to surprise and impress a carnivore with plant-based meat, I'd recommend this highly.




1/4 c bulgur

1 lb Beyond Meat ground beef (or animal-based ground meat substitute)

1 shallot (or 1/2 red onion), grated or minced

1/4 c - 1/2 c assorted chopped herbs (parsley, mint, etc)

1 t baharat (or ras al hanout)

1 t cumin

1 t salt

1 t harissa

a few grounds of pepper


Put the bulgur in 1c pyrex. Cover with boiling water (up to around the 1/2 c mark) and let sit while you chop the herbs & etc.


Combine everything else in a medium bowl and add in the bulgur. Squish together with your hands until homogenous. Form into ~15 palm-sized egg-shaped balls.


Heat olive oil in a frying pan over medium. Place in as many kofta as will comfortably fit in your pan, and fry on each side for a couple min until browned (I rotate mine twice, browning on 3 sides). Fry remaining batches.