We love making mashups. This combines the flavors of Middle Eastern Kofta with a Minnesota Hotdish!
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A hotdish is a popular Midwestern casserole dish. Usually it’s an anything in one-dish kind of meal, it’s traditional to Minnesota and North Dakota.
How does this turn into a Kofta recipe? Simple. The ground beef is seasoned with kofta spices. This is the base of this hotdish. If you’re wondering what kofta is, it’s a Middle Eastern grilled meat. It can be a mix of ground beef, and lamb and shaped into balls or on longer skewers.
We used ButcherBox ground beef, we love that it’s 100% grass-fed & pasture raised with no antibiotics or hormones added!
Kofta Hotdish
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 1/2 tsp garam masala
- 2 tsp se7en spice see notes
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 small diced red onion
- 3 tbsp tomato paste
- 1/4 cup water
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1/4 cup diced green pepper
- 1/2 cup flat leaf parsley
- 1/4 cup cilantro
- 28 oz frozen mini tater tots
- feta cheese prepared tahini, red pepper or tomatoes, and flat leaf parsley for garnish
Tahini
- 1/4 cup tahini
- juice of half a lemon
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1/2 tsp cumin
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 2 tbsp water
Instructions
- In a pan on medium high heat add ground beef. Brown until no longer pink, drain the fat.
- Add onion, green pepper, garlic, garam masala, seven spice, salt, and pepper. Sautè for 1-2 minutes until fragrant. Add tomato paste and water. Stir together until the tomato paste is combined into the beef. Toss in the parsley and cilantro.
- preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- In a 11×7 oval baking dish add ground beef mixture. Top with frozen tater tots. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until the tater tots are nice and crispy.
- Garnish with feta cheese crumbles, tahini, and flat leaf parsley.
Tahini
- Mix all the ingredients together. If you feel that it is too thick, add a splash of water and mix until your desired consistency. It should be similar to a dressing. Taste and adjust the seasoning.
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Notes
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Tahini is a popular “dressing” across the Middle East. It is just ground sesame seeds. We like to call it the peanut butter of the Middle East 🙂
