Skittlez

Can someone please post a tried and tested foolproof recipe for chicken koftas?

Thanks

Afro-Sheen

Do you make meatballs from beef? If you follow the same technique with ground chicken, I am sure it will taste great. For chicken meatballs I cheat. Our local Halal grocery store sells pre-spiced ground chicken, it has all the spices, coriander etc. All I have to do is shape it and cook it.

chips6

FOR MEATBALLS.....
qeema...finely ground chicken............1 pound

onion....1....finely chopped

salt...acc to taste

red chillies...acc to taste

sookha dhaniya powder(coriander powder)...half teaspoon

zeera(cumin)....a pinch or two

garlic....half teaspoon

egg...1...(whole)

besan....2 tablespoons...(roast the besan first...just put it in any pan and heat it for a few mins while stirring....when u start to smell it...its done...usually takes just 2 or 3 mins....)

now mix everything together...if u feel like it is too moist add another tablespoon of besan to it....and then make meatballs...

i always freeze the koftaas after making them...makes it easy for me to handle them while cooking and also come in handy if i have to cook sth on a short notice...


TO COOK THE SALAN.....

thinly slice an onion and fry it in some oil...when slightly golden brown,take it out and put it in a blender with 1 tomato,1tbsp of garlic and a tablespoon of yogurt(if u like thick shorba/gravy...and if not just leave the yogurt.....i blend this all so as to make a smooth shorba/gravy)....blend this all...

now in the same oil u fried the onions add 2 or 3 green cardamoms(alaichee) and add the usual masalas...salt/red chillies/haldi /zeera etc....and add the blended onions and tomato and let the masala cook...when the oil seperates add the meatballs and some water and let it sit and simmer for like half an hour.....much of the water will evaporate and the salan will be ready....
serve...!!


try it if u like it and let me know....i find it a very easy thing to cook especially if having guests over...and i hope i told u the recipe properly and did not make it sound too hard because its really not....

Aliyish

add some fresh cream in yr nomral meatballs and they will become ' Maalai Kofta ' ...

AnGeL EyEs

Sabriya....if you have made beef kofta's before.....just use the same recipe.

Lusi

Yup, use the same recipe. I have never changed the recipe...just the meat...

Skittlez

We havent ever made beef koftas before.

Thanks chips6 for the recipe.. I have a question though, is egg absolutely necessary in there? I dont feel like combining egg and chicken..

chips6

egg acts as a binder....if u don't want to use that i guess u can use bread crumbs or 1 or 2 slices of bread....

Lusi

I normally use 2 slices of bread and run them in the food processor with the keema.

But doesn't besan, egg, and bread are all used for the same purpose..binding?

Skittlez

Ok I dont wanna keep opening threads so if anyone can gimme a recipe for CHICKEN PAKORAS, i'd love to try that sometime as well!

Lusi

just add shredded chiken in your pakora mixture. Oh and melt a chicken cube in little hot water and add it to the besan. Make sure you don't add too much salt as chicken cube is already salty.

Skittlez

Ok um what exactly is a cube of chicken?

Lusi

to enhance the flavor but if you don't like you don't have to put it.

Mostar95

Koftas without poppy seeds? It sounds strange!

Skittlez

poppy seeds in koftas? any special technique to making it?

Mostar95

Well in our homes, my mom and sisters used to grind the qeema with poppy seeds (khaskakhash) and roasted grams (buhunna hua kala channa).

And you know grinding is always done on sil batta by them - that makes yummiest of the koftas.

Lusi

Your family recipe is awesome but that doesn't mean what other people do is wrong or their koftas are not koftas. There is no one right or wrong recipe, some people like to stick with their hardcore traditional recipes, some people like introducing different flavors or techniques; all are acceptable if the end product is edible and tastes delicious.

Sorry, I was offended for a moment by your statement. Anyway, thanks for sharing your recipe.

Mostar95

I am sorry you felt that way. I admit I was wrong.