Narcisi kofta

Preparation info
  • Serves

    8-10

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Curries & Bugles: A Memoir and Cookbook of the British Raj

By Jennifer Brennan

Published 1990

  • About

It is still a matter of debate as to whether the British took this recipe home and, gradually, it became the sausage-meat-wrapped eggs known as Scotch eggs, or vice versa. I suspect that India laid first claim to this dish because it is a direct descendant of the meat ball and meat patty, both of which have been prepared and eaten in the Middle East and India for many centuries. These koftas are eaten in India on feast days and holidays, either dry or in a rich, spiced gravy. The nam