Khaleeji
Kofta bil Bandora (Meatballs in Tomato Sauce)
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Kofta bil Bandora (Meatballs in Tomato Sauce) is Khaleeji home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Mix the ground beef with half the grated onion, half the garlic, the baharat, cumin, parsley, salt, and pepper, and shape into small meatballs.
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Heat the oil in a wide pan and brown the meatballs on all sides, about 6 minutes, then lift out.
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Cook the remaining onion and garlic in the same pan until soft, about 5 minutes.
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Stir in the chopped tomato and tomato paste and simmer 5 minutes until it breaks down into a sauce.
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Return the meatballs to the pan, cover, and simmer until cooked through, about 15 minutes.
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Serve hot with rice.
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Serve it with
A Khaleeji dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Kofta bil Bandora (Meatballs in Tomato Sauce), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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What it is eaten with
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Something cool and fresh
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Kofta bil Bandora (Meatballs in Tomato Sauce) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 470 kcal
- Protein
- 36 g
- Carbs
- 6 g
- Fat
- 34 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 3 g
- Sodium
- 350 mg
- Saturated fat
- 15 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Kofta bil Bandora (Meatballs in Tomato Sauce) takes about 40 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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