BEEF KOFTA CURRY FLUFFY RICE, BEANS & PEAS

I have just put my hands to making Beef Kofta Curry and Rice.  It tasted bloody delicious and even got the seal of approval from Georgina. Even Joe liked it!!!!!!!!!!!!  I got the recipe from Jamie Oliver's 15 minute meals.  I hope he doesn't mind me re-producing it below.  Anyway it took much longer than 15 minutes to produce once you take into consideration preparation time.

I have to say it was fairly simple to make and surprised myself.  Give it a go.  Let me know how you get on

Curry

1 * 250g pack of ready to eat Puy lentils

1 heaped tsp garam masala

 400g lean beef mince

Olive oil

3 ripe tomatoes

1 thumb size piece of ginger

2 spring onions

1 fresh red chilli

1 bunch of fresh coriander

1 tsp turmeric

1 tsp runny honey

2 heaped tsp Patak’s rogan josh curry paste

1/2 * 400g tin of light coconut milk

4 tbsp fat free natural yogurt, to serve

1 lemon

Rice

300g of 10 minute basmati rice

5 cardamom pods

200g green or yellow beans

200g frozen peas

Poppadoms

Casserole Pan, Frying Pan and Kofta Pan

START THE COOKING

Put the lentils into a bowl with salt, pepper, the garam masala and mince then mix and scrunch together with clean hands.

Divide the mixture with wet hands quickly squeeze and mould into fat fingers (approx. 12).

Put them into the frying pan with 1 tablespoon of oil, turning when golden.

Put rice, 2 mugs of boiling water and the cardamom pods into the casserole pan, then add the halved beans and put the lid on.

Squash the tomatoes into the liquidizer. Add the peeled ginger, trimmed spring onions, the sliced chilli, the coriander stalks, turmeric, honey, curry paste and coconut milk, then blitz until combined

Pour into the kofta pan, add the moulded mince fingers, bring to the boil then simmer and season to the taste

Take the lid off the rice, add the peas, mix it all up and give it just a few more minutes.

Finally slice the remaining chilli and the coriander leaves and scatter them over the curry, dollop with yoghurt, then serve with lemon wedges, poppadoms and the rice, beans and peas.

Jamie Oliver Time 15 minutes

Paul Watson Time 1 hour 20 minutes