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🍽️ Herb Köfte with Hummus, Rice, and Fresh Cucumber-Tomato Salad

650 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• garlic cloves 1 pc.
• shallots 2 pc.
• mint, fresh 20 g
• parsley, fresh 40 g
• lemons 1 pc.
• minced meat, mixed 600 g
• salt pinch
• pepper, black ground pinch
• jasmine rice 300 g
• chickpeas from the can 400 g
• sesame, white 3 tbsp
• oil 6 tbsp
• vine tomatoes 6 pc.
• salad cucumbers 1 pc.
• olive oil 2 tbsp
• sugar pinch

Instructions

1. 1. Peel the garlic and chop it finely.
2. 2. Halve the shallots, peel them, and dice them finely.
3. 3. Wash the mint and parsley, dry them, and pick off the leaves.
4. 4. Chop the herbs coarsely.
5. 5. Wash the lemon and grate about one teaspoon of zest.
6. 6. Halve the lemon and squeeze out the juice.
7. 7. Place half of the garlic and herbs into a bowl.
8. 8. Add the minced meat, shallots, and lemon zest.
9. 9. Season with salt and pepper and mix everything well.
10. 10. Set the meat mixture aside to let the flavors meld.
11. 11. Put the rice in a pot and cover it with 700 milliliters of salted water.
12. 12. Bring the water to a boil.
13. 13. Reduce the heat to low to medium.
14. 14. Cook the rice covered for about 15 minutes.
15. 15. Drain the chickpeas and rinse them.
16. 16. Drain the chickpeas well.
17. 17. Toast the sesame seeds in a pan without fat over medium-high heat for about 3 minutes until golden brown.
18. 18. Remove the pan from the heat.
19. 19. Add 4 tablespoons of oil and the remaining garlic to the pan.
20. 20. Mix the mixture well.
21. 21. Place the chickpeas in a tall container.
22. 22. Add 3 teaspoons of lemon juice.
23. 23. Add the sesame-oil mixture.
24. 24. Add 70 milliliters of water.
25. 25. Blend the mixture until smooth.
26. 26. Season the hummus with salt and pepper.
27. 27. Do not wash the pan.
28. 28. Shape elongated köfte from the meat mixture, about as thick as a thumb.
29. 29. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in the same pan over high heat.
30. 30. Fry the köfte for about 2 minutes on all sides.
31. 31. Cook the köfte covered over low heat for about 3 to 4 minutes until done.
32. 32. Wash the tomatoes and remove the stem.
33. 33. Cut the tomatoes into about half-centimeter cubes.
34. 34. Wash the cucumber and cut off the ends.
35. 35. Peel the cucumber and halve it.
36. 36. Scoop out the seeds from the cucumber halves with a spoon.
37. 37. Cut the cucumber into about half-centimeter pieces.
38. 38. Place the tomatoes and cucumber in a bowl.
39. 39. Add the remaining herbs.
40. 40. Add 1 tablespoon of lemon juice.
41. 41. Add olive oil.
42. 42. Mix the salad.
43. 43. Season the salad with salt, pepper, and sugar.
44. 44. Fluff the rice with a fork.
45. 45. Season the rice with salt and pepper.
46. 46. Plate the köfte, hummus, salad, and rice.
47. 47. Serve the dish.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 650
• Protein: 33 g · Fett/Fat: 26 g · Carbs: 70 g