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Kofta and Potatoes Bake with Rice

Rice and grains

Kofta and Potatoes Bake with Rice

A quick, tasty recipe for making kofta with potatoes in a baking dish with rice. This family-friendly dish is perfect for busy days because it doesn’t require much effort.

Total time190 min
Prep80 min
Cook110 min
Yield4 servings
DifficultyHard
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Recipe tags

Rice and grainsLevantDairy freeGluten freeNut freeEgg freeHardLong cook

Ingredients

  • 1/2 kilogram ground beef
  • a bunch of parsley, finely chopped
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • salt
  • meat spices
  • black pepper
  • kofta spice mix
  • a pinch of dried mint
  • 3 potatoes
  • 2 tomatoes
  • 2 onions
  • 3 cups basmati rice
  • 6 cups water
  • 1 cup vermicelli
  • vegetable oil
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • Rice preparation:
  • Rinse the rice and soak it in hot water for about half an hour.
  • In a pot, add the oil and the vermicelli and let it brown; then drain the rice and place it on top of the vermicelli with a pinch of salt and hot water, cover the pot...
  • Source: Kofta in a baking dish recipe from a friend and cook on Shoutabkhin Today:
  • Fatima Zahoui Gamloush
  • Click on Fatima’s name to visit her page on our site

Method

  1. Mix the ground meat with parsley, finely chopped onion, and the spices well until you have the kofta mixture.
  2. Slice the potatoes into rounds and slice the tomatoes and onion into thin slices.
  3. Form the kofta into balls or shape into rounds or as desired, or flatten them and place them in the baking dish ...
  4. Arrange the potato, tomato, and onion slices with the spices and salt and cover them with water mixed with tomato paste and a spoon of pomegranate molasses, then place in the oven for one hour...
  5. Rice ingredients:
  6. 3 cups basmati rice
  7. 6 cups water
  8. 1 cup vermicelli
  9. Vegetable oil
  10. 1 tablespoon butter
  11. Salt
  12. Rice preparation method:
  13. Wash the rice and leave it wet or soaked in hot water for about half an hour ...
  14. In a pot on the stove, heat the oil and add the vermicelli, letting it brown; then drain the rice and place it over the vermicelli with a pinch of salt and the hot water, and cover the pot ...
  15. When the surface of the rice begins to dry, place a piece of butter on top, cover the pot with a cloth made for rice, and leave for half an hour ...
  16. Recipe and method for kofta bake from a friend and chef of Sho Tabkhin Al-Youm website:
  17. Fatima Zahwi Gamloush
  18. Click on Fatima's name to visit her dedicated page on our site
  19. #recipes #recipe #kofta #kofta_bake #ShoTabkhinAlYoum
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