poniedziałek, 3 czerwca 2013

Kifta vel. kofta quick and easy...كفتة



There's no philosophy at all with this dish. And what's amazing about it, it's that almost every country has sth similar in its cuisine.

Kifta is sth, where you can actually put whatever you like.
Algerian one is very popular with meatballs and olives (in arabic zeitoun), but you can add whatever you really like.
I don't have any "love feelings" with olives, so I made it very simply just with meatballs, potatoes and tomatoes.

So.
The easiest way is fry onion, add tomatoes (fresh ot can) grate with garlic, when cooked, add more water and potato slices and meatbats, close, cook long.
But here is much more tasty version:

Cut a lot of onion the beginning. mix some of it with minced meat. Add spices, like cinnamon, kardamom, salt, pepper, you can add a bit of crumbs or flour/semolina and egg. mix together. Cannot be sticky, so you can form little meatballs (if sticky, add more crumbs).
Fry rest of onion with garlic and take it out of the pan. On the same oil fry all the meatballs until become brown and crispy.
Ok.
Remember not to wash your pot, because we don't want to lose any drop of our wonderful taste!
Now grated tomatoes (can be fresh, can be canned) mix with your fried onion (it must become a fine sauce) and let it cook a bit, adding some more water. In the meantime fry potato slices in a deep oil.

Add your meatballs and potatoes to your tomatoes (sounds funny, huh? ;)) and add some spices that you like.
I like to help myself with a chicken gravy, cause the taste is soooo yum or I'm using dark sauce in powder.
You can use chicken cube or just salt, pepper and paprika as well.

That's all.
Complicated?
 I don't think so ;)




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