Kofta is a family of meatball and meatloaf dishes found in South Asian, Central Asian, Balkan, Middle Eastern, North African, and South Caucasian cuisines. In its simplest form, kofta consists of balls of minced meat, usually beef, chicken, lamb, mutton, or camel, and rarely pork, mixed with spices and sometimes other ingredients. The earliest known recipes appear in early Arab cookbooks and in the Byzantine Empire, and call for ground lamb. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Is kofta always made with meat?
No. Some koftas are made from fish or vegetables or even cottage cheese.
No. Kofta is best known as balls of minced meat mixed with spices, but it is sometimes made from fish, vegetables or even cottage cheese instead of red meat. Regional versions include tomatokeftedes, a vegetarian Greek kofta made with tomatoes, and kolokithokeftedes, made with courgettes and feta cheese.
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It was first used in English in Qanoon-e-Islam (1832), and then by James Wise in 1883.
Kofta (Wikipedia)
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The earliest known recipes are found in early Arab cookbooks, as well as in the Byzantine Empire, and call for ground lamb.
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Uses Ingredient: Beef, Lead paragraph
In the simplest form, koftas consist of balls of minced meat-usually beef, chicken, lamb or mutton, camel, seldom pork, or a mixture-mixed with spices and sometimes other ingredients.
Uses Ingredient: Lamb, Lead paragraph
In the simplest form, koftas consist of balls of minced meat-usually beef, chicken, lamb or mutton, camel, seldom pork, or a mixture-mixed with spices and sometimes other ingredients.
Uses Ingredient: Chicken, Lead paragraph
In the simplest form, koftas consist of balls of minced meat-usually beef, chicken, lamb or mutton, camel, seldom pork, or a mixture-mixed with spices and sometimes other ingredients.
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