Life All Travel Destinations Entertaining Food All Chefs Recipes Restaurants Wine Matching Wine All Wine 101 Wine News Wine Regions Wine Varietals Home > Selector Magazine > Food > Chicken koftas with cucumber mint yoghurt Food Chicken koftas with cucumber mint yoghurt Preparation time Cooking time Serves 4 INGREDIENTS 500g chicken, finely minced 1 onion, finely chopped 1 chilli, seeded and chopped 2 tbsp fresh mint, chopped ½ tsp salt 1 tsp Garam Masala ½ tsp coriander powder ½ tsp cumin powder ½ cup dried breadcrumbs Bamboo skewers Spray oil For the yoghurt mix ¼ cup grated cucumber flesh, drained on paper towelling 2 tbsp mint, finely shredded 1 cup plain yoghurt Mint leaves for decoration METHOD Mix chicken with onion, chilli, mint, salt, Garam Masala, coriander, cumin and breadcrumbs – knead mixture until stiff and smooth. Shape the chicken mixture into a small sausage size around one end of the bamboo skewer. The meat mixture should be around 3cm in diameter and 8cm long. Lay the koftas on a cling wrap topped plate, cover and refrigerate for 1 hour. Spray the koftas with oil and cook on a medium hot plate – turn every minute until cooked, which will take 8-10 minutes. Mix the cucumber, mint and yoghurt together – serve koftas on platter decorated with mint sprigs and with a bowl of the yoghurt mixture in the centre of the platter. Food Preparation time Cooking time Serves 4 SHARE