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Spicy Beef Koftas with Cucumber & Mango Salsa
Bring classic Middle Eastern koftas straight to your dining table. Flavour grass-fed British beef mince with ground coriander and cumin and sizzle till dripping with delicious juices. A sweet and crunchy mango and cucumber salsa on the side to go with creamy lentils. Sprinkle over chopped chilli for a final kick.
Ready in 20
High protein
4 of 5 a day
Low sat fat
Serving size
Ingredients
- 1 midi cucumber
- 1 chilli
- 300g beef mince (british beef mince (10% fat))
- 2 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 onion
- 1 handful of fresh coriander
- 1 unwaxed lemon
- 230g lentils (Cereals Containing Gluten) (Rehydrated lentils, water, tomato paste, salt, antioxidant: ascorbic acid)
- 25g hot honey (Honey, Chili Extract)
- 2 tsp ground coriander
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 mango
- 80g almond yoghurt (Nuts) (Almond Drink (95%) (Filtered Water/Almonds), Thickener: Starch (Tapioca / Carob Gum), Live Vegan Cultures)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 591
Protein: 41g
Carbs: 43g
Fat: 29g
Ingredients
- 2 tsp ground coriander (use half)
- 230g lentils (use half) (Cereals Containing Gluten) (Rehydrated lentils, water, tomato paste, salt, antioxidant: ascorbic acid)
- 1 chilli (use half)
- 1 midi cucumber (use half)
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar (use half)
- 1 onion (use half)
- 80g almond yoghurt (use half) (Nuts) (Almond Drink (95%) (Filtered Water/Almonds), Thickener: Starch (Tapioca / Carob Gum), Live Vegan Cultures)
- 25g hot honey (use half) (Honey, Chili Extract)
- 150g beef mince (british beef mince (10% fat))
- 1 mango (use half)
- 1 unwaxed lemon (use half)
- 2 tsp cumin seeds (use half)
- 1 handful of fresh coriander (use half)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 578
Protein: 40g
Carbs: 43g
Fat: 28g
Spicy Beef Koftas with Cucumber & Mango Salsa
Bring classic Middle Eastern koftas straight to your dining table. Flavour grass-fed British beef mince with ground coriander and cumin and sizzle till dripping with delicious juices. A sweet and crunchy mango and cucumber salsa on the side to go with creamy lentils. Sprinkle over chopped chilli for a final kick.
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Cooking Instructions
- Make the koftas; in a bowl, combine the beef, half the ground coriander, half the cumin seeds, a pinch of sea salt and black pepper. Mix and form into 4 sausage-shaped koftas.
- Drain and rinse the lentils. Heat a medium frying pan with 1 tbsp oil on medium-high heat. Add the koftas and cook for 3-4 mins, until golden brown. Add the lentils, remaining spices and 100ml water (50ml for 1 person). Stir and simmer for 5-7 mins, until most of the liquid has evaporated and the koftas are cooked through.
- Make the salsa; dice the mango into 1cm cubes. Roughly chop the coriander. Finely slice the onion. Peel the cucumber into ribbons. Place everything into a mixing bowl with the juice from half the lemon (to taste), vinegar, honey and a pinch of sea salt. Mix to combine.
- Finely dice the chilli (remove the seeds for less heat). Stir the yoghurt into the lentils and season with sea salt and black pepper.
- Spoon the lentils onto serving plates and top with the salsa and koftas. Garnish with the chilli (to taste).
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