Beef Kofta with Curry Sauce

A deceptively simple dish with an explosion of flavours. 

Ingredients:
For 4 persons

For the kofta:

• 400g lean ground beef
• 1 tsp garam masala
• 1 small can cooked lentil (about 130g cooked or 40g uncooked)
• 1 green chilli

For the rice:

• 1 cup Basmati rice  
• 1 bag green beans, tips removed and halved
• 5-6 cardamon pods 
• 100g peas 

For the curry sauce:

• 1/2 tin coconut milk (about 200ml)
• 3 tomatoes 
• handful of coriander 
• 1/2 fresh red chilli 
• 2 spring onions 
• stub of ginger, peeled 
• 1 tsp turmeric 
• 1 tsp honey 
• 2 tsp curry paste

Directions:
Put beef in a bowl and season with salt and pepper and a heaped teaspoon garam masala. Add lentils and mix properly then divide into 12 portions. Roll into sausage shapes then flatten. Put into a pan with a tablespoon of oil and cook until browned and golden. 

In the meantime put rice in a pan with 2 full mugs of boiling water. Add cardamon and green beans and cover. Boil for about 10 minutes or until the water is absorbed into the rice. About 8 minutes into the cooking, add 100g peas in the rice. 

Throw everything listed in the curry sauce ingredients in a blender. Pour curry sauce in kofta pan and leave to simmer for some minutes. 

You can serve this dish with poppadoms, baked in the microwave for 2 mins laid vertically on the side of a bowl.

Adapted from Original Recipe