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Kofta is a family of meatball or meatloaf dishes found in South Asian, Central Asian, Balkan, Middle Eastern, North African, and South Caucasian cuisines. In the simplest form, koftas consist of balls of minced meat —usually beef, chicken, pork, lamb or mutton, or a mixture—mixed with spices and sometimes other ingredients. [ 1 ]
Shish kofta before being grilled. Shish kofta (şiş köfte) [1] [2] [3] is a type of kebab-style kofta dish in Turkish cuisine.. The dish consists of minced lamb, mutton, veal or beef, or a mixture of these meats mixed with herbs, often including parsley and mint, placed on a şiş and grilled.
Çiğ köfte (Turkish pronunciation: [tʃiː cœfte]) or chee kofta [1] is a kofta dish that is a regional specialty of southeastern Anatolia in Urfa. The dish is served as an appetizer or meze, and it is closely related with kibbeh nayyeh from Levantine cuisine. [2] Çiğ köfte is common to Armenian [1] [3] [4] and Turkish cuisines. [5]
Nargesi Kebab, Nargesi Kofta or Narges Shami Kebab is an Afghan, Middle Eastern and Indian dish originating in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh during the Mughal period [citation needed] and is a kind of kebab or kofta with a chicken egg in the middle. It is named after the Narcissus flower because kebabs look like the flower's petals when they are cut.
Kofta is a type of meatball or dumpling that is widely distributed in Middle Eastern, South Asian, Mediterranean and Balkan (Central and Eastern Europe) cuisines. The word kofta is derived from Persian kūfta: In Persian, کوفتن (kuftan) means "to beat" or "to grind" or 'meatball'. [23]
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Harput meatballs; Alternative names: Harput kofta: Type: Sour soup: Place of origin: Turkey: Main ingredients: Ground beef, fine bulgur, cracked wheat, egg, tomato ...
Shish kebab is an English rendering of Turkish: şiş (sword or skewer) and kebap (roasted meat dish), that dates from around the beginning of the 20th century. [6] [7] According to the Oxford English Dictionary, its earliest known publication in English is in the 1914 novel Our Mr. Wrenn by Sinclair Lewis.