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Shahi Kofta in Tomato Cream Sauce

Shahi kofta curry: lamb meatballs bound with ground almonds and scented with mint and garam masala, browned in cumin-infused ghee and simmered in a cardamom tomato sauce enriched with cream.

  • Yield12 meatballs; serves 6
  • Hands-on40 min
  • Total50 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

kofta

  • 450 glean ground lamb
  • 80 gred onion, finely chopped
  • 35 gslivered blanched almonds, finely ground
  • ¼ cupfresh mint leaves, firmly packed, finely chopped
  • 2 tbspfresh cilantro leaves and tender stems, finely chopped
  • 6 clovesgarlic, finely chopped
  • 1 tbspPunjabi garam masala
  • 1½ tspcoarse kosher or sea salt

sauce

  • 2 tbspghee or canola oil
  • 1 tspcumin seeds
  • 240 mlcanned tomato sauce
  • ½ tspgreen cardamom seeds, ground
  • ½ tspcayenne
  • 120 mlheavy cream

To serve

  • 300 gcooked riceoptional
  • 225 gdried pastaoptional

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Dairy
  • Tree nuts
  • Almond
  • Mustard
  • Legumes (any)
  • Fenugreek
  • Wheat
  • Rice
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Tomato
  • Chili peppers
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Cabbage family (any)
  • Fennel
  • Turmeric
  • Cilantro / coriander
  • Mint
  • Bay leaf
  • Black and white pepper
  • Cinnamon
  • Clove
  • Nutmeg
  • Cardamom
  • Cumin
  • All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
  • Lamb and mutton
  • Chili heat (capsaicin)
  • Lactose
  • FODMAPs (any)

Taste

  • Heat
  • Sweet
  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh
  • Aromatic spice

Texture

  • Creamy

Equipment

  • Stovetop

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Weeknight
  • Entertaining

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • 30–60 min total
  • Difficulty 2
  • Kid-friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: low
  • Protein: moderate
  • Carbs: low
  • Fat: high
  • Fiber: low
  • Sodium: moderate

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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