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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 (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 ( skewer ) and grilled.
Nargesi Kebab, Nargesi Kofta or Narges Shami Kebab is an Afghan, Middle Eastern, Pakistani and Indian dish. It can be described as 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.
It has spread to other countries. [12] Boti kebab A mutton kebab. [13] Boti kebab is pictured at the bottom of the image. Achari Tikka Chicken tikka: Another tandoori kebab, made of cubed chicken marinated with yogurt and spices [14] Dora kabab [15] [16] Galawat kabab
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'. [30]
Kofta kebab with naan. South Asia has a rich kebab tradition with a great variety of different kebab dishes. Many modern kebabs in Bangladeshi, Indian and Pakistani cuisine trace their origins back to the time of the Mughals and the strong influence of Mughlai cuisine. Kebab dishes common to one or more of these countries include:
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 both Armenian [1] [3] [4] and Turkish cuisines. [5]
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. [7] [8] According to the Oxford English Dictionary, its earliest known publication in English is in the 1914 novel Our Mr. Wrenn by Sinclair Lewis.