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Welcome to Ahmets Kitchen, today we will be making Mercimekli Köfte (Lentil Pates)
what we need: 200g Lentil
and 200g thin Bulgur
let's take this away
I washed the lentil, they come in first
200ml of water
stir, cover it up
let it cook for 15 minutes
we will continue after that
the 15 minutes are up
as you can see the lentil has dissolved
now, add again 100ml water
and 200g thin Bulgur
stir it all
add 20g salt
stir
done
cover
put the stove off
let it rest for 30 minutes
what we need:
50g Paprika- or Tomato paste
100g Olive oil
3 little onions and 3 sping onions
a garlic clove
if you want to, more
half a lemon, parsely
let's get started
half of the oil in here
half of it
now the onions
cut it small
this is warm
let's put the onions in here
cut the garlic
we have to wait for 3 minutes
until the onions got some color, then we will continue
3 minutes are up
now add the garlic clove
stir
and then
paprika paste
or tomato paste, whichever you have
done, put the stove off, it dissolved
now in here
the rest of the olive oil in here
and now in here
let's take the spoon, like this
stir it all
ok, I will work on this later on
let's start
you can see the beautiful color, red
now half the lemon
press it into this bowl
cut the spring onions into small pieces
in here
in here
parsley
chop it into small pieces
done
and in here too
let's take this out of here
and we continue with our hands
I already docorated the plate
tomates and
salad
you can put the Köfte on top later
stir
like this
so they hold together, otherwise they wouldn't hold together, with your hand
a bit of pepper
you can also add pepper if you want to, looks good
they should be like this, they should get smaller
almost done
you can see it
done, let's test it
and see how it looks
yes, it's good
it's holding, it should hold when you press it like this
yes it's holding
just a little bit more
you take it into your hand
press it like this, and switch from one hand to the other
when it's done, it should look like this 86 00:05:51,249 --> 00:05:58,249 now you can just put everything onto a plate
done, please enjoy the Mercimek Köfte, until next time, Ahmet, bye :)