🍢 Alexandrian Kofta

Name: Alexandrian Kofta
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Egypt · Alexandria
Ingredients: 600 g minced beef; 1 onion, grated and squeezed; 3 tbsp chopped parsley; 40 g breadcrumbs; 1 tsp each cumin and coriander, ½ tsp black pepper, salt; 400 g tomato sauce; 1 tbsp oil

Origin: Egypt · Alexandria

545kcal

per serving · 250 g

218kcal

per 100 g

38 gProtein15 g / 100 g

35 gFat14 g / 100 g

20 gCarbs8 g / 100 g

Alexandrian kofta (kofta iskandarani) is minced beef mixed with grated onion, parsley, spices and a little breadcrumb, shaped into fingers, browned in a pan and then simmered in a tomato sauce. The result is juicy, saucy and warmly spiced. It is served with rice, bread or fries.

Diets

✓

No porkfor halal, the meat must be halal-slaughtered

✓

Dairy-freeno milk, cheese, butter or yogurt in a typical recipe

✓

Low-carb8 g carbs per 100 g

✓

High protein15 g protein per 100 g — 28% of the calories

Not vegetarianbecause of: ground beef

Not veganbecause of: ground beef

Contains glutenbecause of: breadcrumbs

Allergens

Contains (in a typical recipe):

⚠ Gluten

What it is made of

ground beefonionparsleyspicestomato saucebreadcrumbs

Recipe

4 servings45 min

Ingredients

600 g minced beef
1 onion, grated and squeezed
3 tbsp chopped parsley
40 g breadcrumbs
1 tsp each cumin and coriander, ½ tsp black pepper, salt
400 g tomato sauce
1 tbsp oil

Method

Mix the beef, onion, parsley, breadcrumbs and spices and knead 2 minutes.
Shape into finger-sized kofta.
Brown in the oil on all sides, then pour in the tomato sauce.
Cover and simmer 15–20 minutes until cooked through and the sauce thickens.

How to make it lighter

Use lean minced beef (5–10% fat).
Brown the kofta under the grill instead of in oil: 1 tbsp oil ≈ 120 kcal.
Serve with a big salad and a small portion of rice rather than fries.

History

Kofta iskandarani is a popular home and restaurant dish in Egypt, named after the port city of Alexandria. Reliable details of its origin are scarce; today it is eaten across Egypt as an everyday main course.

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Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. Nutrition data: Me Nutrition dish database v13. How we count →