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The first appearance of recipes for kofta are in the earliest Arab cookbooks. [13] [10] The earliest recipes are for large ground lamb meatballs triple-glazed in a mixture of saffron and egg yolk. [13] This glazing method spread to the West, where it is referred to as "gilding" or "endoring". [10]
The word kofta is derived from Persian kūfta: In Persian, کوفتن (kuftan) means "to beat" or "to grind" or 'meatball'. [30] In the simplest form, koftas consist of balls or fingers of minced or ground meat – usually beef or lamb – mixed with spices and/or onions and other ingredients. The vegetarian variety is popular in India.
Malai is a major ingredient in malai kofta dumplings and in sweet dishes like malai pedha, ras malai and malai kulfi. [4] Fried koftas are made with potatoes and paneer. [5] The flavour becomes even richer when vegetables are added to it. An example of this would be methi matar malai where the main constituent is green peas. [4]
Giaourtlou lamp kebab or Yiaourtlou lamp kebab, [398] traditional recipe from Asia Minor and Constantinople made from spicy ground lamb kofta kebab, yogurt sauce, tomato sauce. Soutzoukakia , [ 399 ] oblong shaped meatballs made with beef ground meat or mixed (beef, pork, lamp) [ 400 ] or chicken.
Çiğ köfte (Turkish pronunciation: [tʃiː cœfte]) or chee kofta [1] is a kofta dish that is a regional specialty of southeastern Anatolia in Urfa. The dish is served as an appetizer or meze, and it is closely related with kibbeh nayyeh from Levantine cuisine. [2] Çiğ köfte is common to both Armenian [1] [3] [4] and Turkish cuisines. [5]
[10] [4] One of three excavated cuneiform clay tablets written in 1700 BC in Babylon, [11] [10] 50 miles south of present-day Baghdad, contains 24 recipes for stew cooked with meat and vegetables, [11] enhanced and seasoned with leeks, onion, garlic, and spices and herbs like cassia, cumin, coriander, mint, and dill. [11]
Sosatie (plural sosaties) is a traditional South African dish of meat (usually lamb or mutton) cooked on skewers. [52] The term derives from sate ("skewered meat") and saus (spicy sauce). It is of Cape Malay origin. Sosatie recipes vary, but commonly the ingredients can include cubes of lamb, beef, chicken, dried apricots, red onions and mixed ...
Keema matar (English: "mince and peas"), [1] also rendered Qeema matar, is a dish from the Indian subcontinent associated with the Mughals.The term is derived from Chaghatai Turkic قیمه (minced meat) which is cognate with Turkish kıyma (minced or ground meat).