Kefta tagine – beef meatballs
Last update November 18, 2024
beef
gluten free
vegetarian
- Cooking time : ~ 1 hour
Kefta tagine is a flavorful Moroccan dish featuring spiced ground meat (kefta) cooked in a tagine with a rich sauce. It’s a popular choice for family meals and special occasions due to its aromatic spices and comforting taste.
Kefta tagine combines savory meatballs with a flavorful sauce, offering a satisfying and aromatic dish that highlights the essence of Moroccan cooking. Here’s a detailed recipe for preparing a traditional kefta tagine:
Required Ingredients
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- 6 tomatoes
- Chopped garlic
- Chopped coriander and parsley
- Salt and pepper
- Paprika
- Tumeric
- Cumin
- Ginger powder
- Sunflower oil and olive oil
- 3 eggs
Optional Ingredients
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- Ras El Hanoute
Cooking Instructions
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Making tomato sauce
- To make tomato sauce, grate the tomatoes in a frying pan or saucpan, or use any canned tomato sauce.
- Add half a teaspoon of cumin, ginger, turmeric, pepper, salt, and a generous spoonful of chopped garlic, along with paprika, parsley, and coriander.
- On low heat, cook the tomato sauce.
- Let us now make the meatballs by adding a generous amount of coriander and parsley.
- Add half a teaspoon each of ginger, salt, pepper, paprika, cumin, and optional Ras El Hanoute to the mixture.
- Combine everything and begin preparing Kefta meatballs.
- As soon as the sauce is reduced, pour the sauce into a tagine, add the Kefta meatballs to the tomato sauce, and put the tagine over low heat.
- On the tagine, crack three eggs and garnish with parsley, coriander, or both.
Notes
- To prepare this dish, you can use any pan instead of a tagine.
- The aubergine salad can be made with the same sauce, omitting the meatballs.
