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Legend has it that cig kofte was first made by the mother of the Prophet Abraham or an unknown hunter by beating bulgur and game meat with stone during the famine. According to the legend, on the order of Nemrut that no house's chimney will smoke, food is started to be cooked without fire. This is how this recipe first invented.
Isot or Urfa biber, also called urfa pepper or isot pepper is a salty, spicy, deep maroon colored Turkish chile pepper sold in flakes. The pepper is mostly cultivated in the Urfa region of south eastern Turkey and turns to a deep red color as it ripens on the plant. It’s then sun-dried and sealed in bags to “sweat” at night, preserving the pepper’s natural oils on its skin. This "sweating" gives the peppers the desired dark red or maroon color. Isot has a delicious and complex flavor that can add depth and spicy, smoky nuance to any dish, especially to Cigkofte.
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Ingredients:
• 2 cups fine bulgur, 400 g
• 1 onion, finely chopped or grated, 200 g
• 5 - 6 cloves of garlic, minced, 20 g
• 1 cup crushed or grated tomatoes, 200 g
• 80 g isot / Urfa biber, 8 tbsp, 1/2 cup - Isot pepper: amzn.to/462mGWN
• 40 g pul biber, Turkish chili flakes, 4 tbsp, 1/4 cup
• 5 tbsp tomato paste, 80 g
• 2 tbsp chili paste, biber salcasi, 30 g
• 2 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tbsp paprika or cayenne chili powder
• 2 tsp kofte spice (or mix 2 part cumin, 1 part black pepper, paprika, chili, allspice, coriander powder)
• 1 tbsp salt
• 1 cup olive oil, 200 ml
• ¼ cup pomegranate molasses, 50 ml
• Juice of 1 lemon, ¼ cup, optional
• 1 cup / 200 ml cold water or 1 cup crushed ice
• Extra lemon juice and olive oil to shape the patties
• Lettuce leaves, fresh mint, lemon wedges to serve
Instructions:
1. Grate or very finely chop the onion squeeze the juice and grate the garlic, transfer into a large tray
2. Add 1 tbsp salt and knead for a few minutes until the onion juice is released and softened
3. Add 5 tbsp tomato paste, 2 tbsp chili paste (biber salca), knead and mix until combined
4. Add the bulgur, mix and knead for 5 minutes until combined
5. Crush the peeled tomatoes or finely grate them using a hand grater
6. Add 1/2 of the crushed tomatoes into the bowl
7. Knead 10 mins until the bulgur soaks the liquid and feels dry
8. Soak the isot and pul biber in 1/2 cup olive oil, mix and let them sit for 10 mins
9. Add the soaked spices, rest of the tomatoes and knead for another 5 mins until
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