Lamb Koftas Recipe with Jewelled Rice | olivemagazine

Ingredients

• 2 red onions
• 750g lamb mince
• 5 tsp cumin seeds toasted and ground
• 2 tsp dried chilli flakes
• 3 lemons zested and juiced
• a small bunch coriander chopped
• 6 cloves garlic crushed
• finely grated to make 2 tbsp ginger
• 1 tbsp caster sugar
• ground to make 1½ tsp black peppercorns
• 400g basmati rice rinsed
• 4 tbsp ghee or vegetable oil
• 2 red onions finely sliced into rings
• 1 tbsp cider vinegar
• 10 cardamom pods gently crushed
• 2½ tsp cumin seeds
• 2 onions finely chopped
• finely grated to make 3 tsp ginger
• 5 cloves garlic crushed
• 2 carrots cut into thin strips
• 2½ tsp garam masala
• 10 threads saffron mixed with 1 tbsp of warm milk
• chopped to make 2 tbsp coriander plus extra to serve
• 100g pomegranate seeds
• 50g pistachios toasted and crushed, plus extra to serve
• 300ml natural yogurt
• 1 lime zested and juiced
• 1 tbsp sumac