Mix all ingredients and add salt to taste. Make 20
small balls and put them in the fridge for one hour. Fry them until
brown on all sides, add a few tablespoons water and simmer for 10 minutes. Serve with rice and
curry sauce.
Kefta (kofte, kofta,
köfte, kefedes,
kufta) are popular from
India through the Middle East and
Turkey all the way to Morocco.
The word comes from the Persian verb "kuftan", which means grind.
This is a recipe
from
Algeria. Mohamed
Ben Bella was president in
Algeria after the liberation war which
freed the country from
French colonialism. On 19 June1965, Ben
Bella was deposed by a rebel friend and exiled to
Switzerland. This day remained a national holiday.
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