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Friday 2 February 2018

Spiced Potato Koftas

Recipe for: SPICED POTATO KOFTAS

Ingredients:

·        For the koftas:
o   4 baking potatoes
o   30g unsalted butter
o   20-40g fresh chopped herbs (dill, parsley, chives, coriander)
o   1 medium green chillie, very finely chopped
o   ¼ tsp turmeric
o   ¼ tsp smoked paprika
o   75g feta, broken into chunks
o   ½ tsp caster sugar
o   ½ tsp salt
·        For the coating:
o   40g plain flour
o   1 egg, whisked
o   90g flaked almonds (or sesame seeds or breadcrumbs) – for the coating
o   1 ½ tsp coriander seeds, toasted & gently crushed (or dukkah is ideal)
o   ¾ cumin seeds
·        600ml vegetable oil (for frying)

Method:

1.      Heat oven to 220C/ 200C fan/ gas 7
2.      Prick potatoes all over, put on oven tray & bake for about an hour until soft/ cooked
3.      Leave to cool a little, then peel & discard skins
4.      Put potato flesh in bowl, and mix roughly with butter, herbs, chilli, spices, feta, sugar, salt
5.      Form into 8 koftas of 60g each & lay on oven tray
6.      Put flour in one bowl, egg in next, seed/ crumb coating in next
7.      Gently roll each kofta in turn in flour, then egg, then coating
8.      Pour enough oil into a pan to come about 1” up the sides & heat
9.      Carefully lower in 2 or 3 koftas at a time, and fry 1-2 minutes, then turn over & fry other side for another 1-2 minutes until light brown all over
10.   Place in dish lined with kitchen paper to drain & keep hot whilst you cook the other koftas

What else you need to know:

1.      Serve with lemon wedges and/ or a dipping sauce or salsa

2.      Great as a starter or side-dish

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