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Lentil & Rice Kofta

Here's how you make Lentil & Rice Kofta
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  • Servings: 4
  • Prep: 10m
  • Cook: 10m
  • The following recipe serves 4 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 500 grams sweet potatoes (peeled and coarsely chopped)
  • 250 grams dry rice (microwave brown rice)
  • 400 grams lentils (drained and rinsed, brown lentils)
  • 1/4 cup breadcrumbs (dried breadcrumbs, packaged ones)
  • 1/2 cup coriander, fresh and finely chopped
  • 2 tablespoons sesame seeds (toasted)
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1/4 cup oil (vegetable oil)
  • TO SERVE
  • Naan bread, warmed
  • Yoghurt
  • Mango chutney
  • Cucumber, sliced
  • Coriander leaves, to garnish
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Boil potato until tender and then drain well and transfer to a bowl and mashy until smooth and then season to taste.

  • Step 2: Heat rice according to packet direction and then add to potato with lentils, breadcrumbs, coriander, sesame seeds and cumin and stir until combined and then shape 1/4 cups of the mixture into koftas.

  • Step 3: Heat oil in a frying pan over a medium to high heat and add koftas and cook, turning occasionally, for 10 minutes or until cooked through.

  • Step 4: Serve with naan bread, yoghurt, chutney, cucumber and coriander leaves.


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