Turkish Ground Meat Kebabs

Name: Turkish Ground Meat Kebabs
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Arabic, Asian, European, Turkish
Ingredients: 1.5 cups Long grain rice; 2 Tbsps Pine nuts; 2 Tbsps slivered almonds; 2 Tbsps olive oil; 2 Bell pepper (yellow and red, chopped); 3 shallots (2 cut into wedges, 1 finely chopped); 1 Zucchini (halved lengthways and sliced); 2 carrots (sliced); 4 Tomatoes (peeled and chopped); 0.375 cup dry white wine; 0.5 tsp Nigella seeds; 5.333 cups minced lamb; 1 clove garlic cloves (finely chopped); 1 handful parsley (leaves finely chopped); 2 sprigs oregano (leaves finely chopped); 1 egg; breadcrumbs (as needed); Cumin (ground); olive oil (for brushing); Aleppo pepper (for sprinkling)

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40 min.

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Ingredients: 1 ½ cups Long grain rice; 2 Tbsps Pine nuts; 2 Tbsps slivered almonds; 2 Tbsps olive oil; 2 Bell pepper (yellow and red, chopped); 3 shallots (2 cut into wedges, 1 finely chopped); 1 Zucchini (halved lengthways and sliced); 2 carrots (sliced); 4 Tomatoes (peeled and chopped); ⅜ cup dry white wine; ½ tsp Nigella seeds; 5.333 cups minced lamb; 1 clove garlic cloves (finely chopped); 1 handful parsley (leaves finely chopped); 2 sprigs oregano (leaves finely chopped); 1 egg; breadcrumbs (as needed); Cumin (ground); olive oil (for brushing); Aleppo pepper (for sprinkling)

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Long grain rice almond Pine nuts olive oil parsley garlic clove

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Preparation steps

Boil the rice with twice the volume of salted water, covered, for around 25 minutes until cooked.

In a hot frying pan, toast the pine nuts and almonds until golden.

Heat 2 tbsp oil in a separate frying pan and fry the peppers, shallot wedges, courgette and carrots for 2-3 minutes. Add the tomatoes and wine and season with nigella seeds, salt and ground black pepper. Simmer for around 5 minutes until cooked. Check the seasoning and keep warm.

Put the minced lamb, garlic, shallot, herbs and egg in a bowl and mix together well. Add breadcrumbs if necessary so that the mixture holds its shape. Season with salt, cumin and ground black pepper.

Shape the mixture into 12-16 small balls and thread onto wooden skewers. Press onto the skewer well to make a slightly elongated shape. Brush with oil and grill on a hot barbecue on all sides for 6-8 minutes.

Stir the pine nuts and almonds through the rice and arrange on plates and in bowls with the koftas. Serve sprinkled with pul biber.