Lentil Kofta
Fried lentil patties, coated in cornmeal. From the book's Arab-cuisine section; a generic Middle Eastern-style dish (best-effort attribution).
⏱️ Prep: 20 min🍳 Cook: 30 min🍽️ Makes 12
Ingredients
| 250 g | lentils |
| 2 броя | eggs |
| 125 g | butter |
| 1 зелена | green hot pepper |
| 1 малка | small red pepper |
| — | salt |
| — | flour |
| — | cornmeal |
| — | black pepper |
| 1 щипка | red pepper (paprika) |
Instructions
Boil the lentils well in salted water. Drain and grind them through a meat grinder or another appliance. Mix the puree with the eggs, salt, black and red pepper, 1 finely chopped red pepper and the small hot green pepper. Add enough flour to make a thicker mixture, stir and form the koftas with greased hands. Roll each one in cornmeal and fry in hot fat.