Ishli kufta

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 2 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   Ingredients.

2. STEP 2

   

   First we prepare the shell. Pour boiling water over the bulgur and leave for 8-10 minutes.

3. STEP 3

   

   Drain the water, placing the cereal in a sieve. Bulgur should be half-cooked. (As experience has shown, it is better to mince steamed bulgur or grind it in another way.)

4. STEP 4

   

   In a bowl, combine lean ground beef, steamed bulgur, egg, salt, black pepper and paprika.

5. STEP 5

   

   Knead the minced meat until smooth, the mixture should be slightly sticky and elastic. While the filling is being prepared, the meat “dough” can be placed in the refrigerator.

6. STEP 6

   

   Now let's prepare the filling. Fry the nuts in a dry frying pan until golden brown, chop with a knife and crush with a rolling pin, but not too finely so that individual pieces remain.

7. STEP 7

   

   Peel the onion and chop very finely.

8. STEP 8

   

   Heat sunflower oil in a frying pan. Fry the onion and fatty ground beef, breaking up any lumps.

9. STEP 9

   

   When the meat is completely fried, add nuts, salt and pepper, stir. Let the filling cool completely.

10. STEP 10

    

    Let's start forming the ishli kufta (kuftas?). Take 1 tbsp. minced meat with bulgur, form a ball, place it in the palm of your left hand, with the fingers of your right hand, knead it into a flat cake about 5 mm thick. It should be the same thickness, without holes or bulges.

11. STEP 11

    

    Place 2 tsp in the middle of the cake. meat filling with nuts.

12. STEP 12

    

    Pinch the edges to give the cutlet a lemon shape. Place the formed cutlets in the refrigerator for half an hour. Meanwhile, boil about 1 liter of water in a large saucepan.

13. STEP 13

    

    Boil the cooled cutlets over low heat, placing no more than 3 pieces in the pan at a time. Cook for about 3 minutes, since the minced meat inside is already ready, you just need to steam the outer meat shell well. Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan and fry the boiled cutlets on both sides until golden brown.

14. STEP 14

    

    Serve ishli kufta hot with lettuce leaves and lemon slices. It is customary to sprinkle these meat cutlets with lemon juice already on the plate.

Comments on the recipe

Irisha

19.11.2023

4.5

A very interesting recipe) meat in meat, what could be tastier)) an ideal option for men will need to somehow please their meat-eaters, thanks for the recipe!

Olga

19.11.2023

4.8

Yes, the recipe is interesting, but the combination of meat and meat just doesn’t seem ideal to me. The combination of dough and meat is both more familiar and more balanced in taste. Although the cutlets are delicious, I don’t argue)

Irisha

19.11.2023

4.6

I once saw a similar recipe, only the shell consisted of one grain, the steamed grain was simply mixed with flour, egg and spices, and then cutlets were made, like our potato zrazas, and then immediately fried, maybe we will have cutlets in this form more familiar to the taste?

Shura

19.11.2023

4.6

And I really liked the dish! Look, the filling consists of a large amount of onions, the same nuts and minced meat, and the shell itself is made of minced meat with cereal - it doesn’t taste like meat at all, but something else, the meat mentioned is not fatty, beef, which goes perfectly with nuts, I think the taste is unusual and interesting, steamed cereal is a kind of side dish for meat, or rather meat in a side dish with filling, a new, fresh idea in everyday life - it will give good results! Well done. Olga!

Alisa-108

19.11.2023

4.8

Oh, I like it! I need to surprise my husband!