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