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Friday, 11 November 2016

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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