15-minute koftas with chickpea sauce

Name: 15-minute koftas with chickpea sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: Serves: 4
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: natural yoghurt, to serve; 100 ml white wine; 2 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped; ½ bunch mint, chopped; ½ teaspoon dry chilli flakes; 500 g minced lamb; 4 dried apricots, finely chopped; ½ onion, finely chopped; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 400 g tin chopped tomatoes; 200 g tinned chickpeas, drained; 2 teaspoons paprika; 1 teaspoon paprika; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; salt and pepper

Preparation info

Serves:
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
25 min

Appears in

Lucy's Food

By Lucy Cufflin

Published 2013

About

Get the sauce bubbling in one pan, fry the koftas in another and 15 minutes later you have a wonderful, spicy supper!

Ingredients

500 g minced lamb
½ onion, finely chopped
4 dried apricots, finely chopped

Asia
Turkey
Stew
Main course
Mediterranean
Gluten-free

Method

Squeeze the kofta ingredients together with your hands and form 8 sausage shapes. Flatten slightly as this makes them easier to fry. Cook in a dry, non-stick frying pan for 4 minutes on each side. The fat will be released from the lamb so there is no need to add extra oil here.
Meanwhile, put all the sauce ingredients into a saucepan, saving a few sprigs of fre