Lower-fat kofta curry
(from Elyce123’s recipe box)
Source: delicious. February 2004
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 45 minutes
Serves 4 people
Categories: February
Ingredients
- 500g extra-lean beef mince
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- small knob of fresh ginger, grated
- 1 tsp ground chilli powder
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 2 onions, roughly grated
- 4 tbsp korma curry paste
- 1 tbsp sunflower oil
- 200ml beef stock
- 400g can chopped tomatoes
- 170g can low-fat evaporated milk
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 75g frozen peas
- steamed rice, to serve
- chopped fresh coriander, to garnish
Directions
- Put the beef, garlic, ginger, chilli, garam masala, half the onion and 1 tablespoon curry paste into a large bowl and mix well. Season well, then form the mixture into kofta balls about the size of a walnut.
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Heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan over a medium heat, add the kofta balls and cook in batches until browned all over. Set aside.
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Add remaining onion to the pan and cook over a very low heat until soft and golden. Add the remaining curry paste, stock and tomatoes and cook over a medium heat for 5 minutes. Add the evaporated milk and lemon juice. Return the kofta balls to the pan and simmer over a low heat for 15 minutes. Add the peas and cook for 2 minutes. Serve with rice and garnish with coriander.