Chicken kofta canapés
By Sukhi Singh
December 7, 2015
A simple canapé recipe for the festive period. These chicken kofta's are delicious and very moreish. Your guests will be gobbling them up with delight. The fresh flavours of herbs and spices is very prominent throughout. They're easy to make and great party nibbles.
Directions
1Put the ginger, garlic, green chilli, coriander, mint, cumin powder, coriander powder, egg, salt into a food processor and blitz everything until its formed a paste.
2Add this mixture to the minced chicken and mix well and refrigerate for 1 hour. This allows the mixture to marinade the chicken and firm the meat up which will be easier to form the kofta.
3Oil your hands and roll small balls with the mixture. You need something the size of a chestnut as it's a canapé.
4Heat the sunflower oil in a frying pan on a medium heat. Add the balls in small batches and brown all sides of the kofta.
5Place the partially cooked kofta's onto a oven tray and bake in the oven for 8 minutes at 180 degrees c (fan assisted)
6Once they're cooked place long wooden skewers in each chicken kofta and serve with a mint yoghurt dip.