Kofta Bi Tahini (kofta With Tahini) Recipe

This is an easy yet tasty dish to make. Baked ground beef or lamb and tender potatoes with a creamy tahini sauce will satisfy your hunger craving.

Ingredients:

For Kofta:
 2 lbs (1 kg) lean meat
 1 medium onion, quarterly chopped
 3 garlic cloves
 1/2 pinch parsley
 1/4 pinch coriander
 1 tbsp Lebanese 7 spice mix
 2 tsp salt
 1/4 tsp black pepper
 2 tbsp oil

For Tahini Sauce:
 1 tbsp oil
 1 medium onion, sliced into ​​rounds
 1/2 cup tahini
 1 cup yogurt
 1 cup water
 1/4 cup lemon juice
 1 tsp salt
 1/4 tsp black pepper

Method

1 Preheat the oven to 355 F (180 ° C). Bring a wide oven dish.

2 Place the meat, onions, garlic, parsley, coriander in the grinder hopper using the finest disk. Switch on the grinder on medium speed.

3 Add spices and salt to the meat mixture and mix using your hands, then shape into medium sized meat balls.

4 In a large skillet, heat the oil, fry the pine nuts, set aside. Fry the kofta balls until golden.

5 Place the kofta balls in an oven dish

6 Sauce: In the same skillet add oil, onions, and stir until translucent.

7 In a deep dish, put the tahini, yogurt, water, lemon juice, salt, pepper and mix to get a liquid sauce. Add the sauce to the onion, then stir to mix with the onion. Pour sauce over kofta balls.

8 Bake in the oven for 20 minutes on 355 F (180 ° C).

9 Take the kofta out of the oven. Spread fried pine nuts and parsley. Serve with rice or pita bread.