Afghan lamb meatballs (korme kofta)
We
make korme kofta for Nowruz – New Year – along with many other
dishes, including colourful rice, lamb curry and haft mewa (seven
fruits). Nowruz, meaning "new day", is the first day of
spring (the vernal equinox), but in Afghanistan, the festival can
last for two weeks. It’s a time of good luck, fortune and new
starts.
Ingredients
Meatballs
- 1 kglamb mince
- 2onions, finely chopped
- 2 tpsgarlic, crushed
- 1 tbsptomato paste
- ½bunch coriander leaves, chopped
- 1egg
- ½ tspground turmeric
- 1 tspsweet paprika
- 1 tsppepper
Sauce
- 2 tbspolive oil
- 2onions, finely chopped
- 625 mlwater
- 1 tbsptomato paste
- ½ tspground turmeric
- ½ tspsalt
