Ground pork with garlic, onions and all the spices.
On a recent episode of “The Next Food Network Star” one of the contestants, Aarti Sequeira made a dish called Kofto Kebabs. Her dish was excellently executed and was popular with the judges and dinner guests.
Every once in awhile I get the urge to recreate a dish from one of the realty TV cooking shows I often find myself watching. I knew immediately that Aarti’s dish was was one that I needed to adapt to the grill or smoker.
As is often the case, Google was my friend. I started comparing recipes and soon realized the spices used in making typical Kofto Kebabs was very similar to the spices I might use in making up a BBQ rub.
From my research I learned that Kofto Kebabs are most often made with lamb and/or beef. Fish can be used, and there are vegetarian versions out there. I used pork for mine. I know it’s way out of the box for a middle eastern dish, but because Kofto is also found in South Asia and the Balkans it might not be so bad.
