Knorr Çiğ Köfte Meatless Bulgur Kit, Antep Spices, 120g
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Knorr Çiğ Köfte makes the famous Turkish spiced bulgur dish at home in about five minutes, with no meat and no overnight kneading. Çiğ köfte (pronounced "chee kuf-teh") is a southeastern Turkish classic of fine bulgur worked together with pepper, tomato and warm spices, traditionally served cold in lettuce leaves with a squeeze of lemon. This meatless version keeps the flavour and skips the hours of hand-kneading the original demands.
Inside the 120 g pack is fine brown çiğ köfte bulgur (83.3% of the mix) blended with a balanced combination of ten spices, built around isot (Urfa) pepper and the bulgur of Gaziantep in southeastern Turkey, the region where the dish belongs. Knorr lists the blend as bulgur, starch, isot, dried ground onion, salt, dried ground red pepper, garlic, hot red pepper, black pepper, allspice, cumin, sunflower oil, parsley, sugar, cinnamon, basil and mint. Isot gives çiğ köfte its deep, smoky, raisin-like heat; the result is gently spicy rather than fiery.
To prepare, you only add four kitchen staples: tomato paste, liquid oil, pomegranate molasses (nar ekşisi) and hot water. Tip the mix into a bowl, pour over the boiling water, wait five minutes, then add the tomato paste, oil and pomegranate molasses and knead by hand until smooth. Shape into small ridged portions and serve in lettuce or romaine with lemon. One pack serves four as a starter, meze or light meal.
The mix is made without meat and suits a plant-based table. It contains bulgur (gluten) and, per the manufacturer, may contain traces of egg, milk, mustard, soy, pine nut, celery, pistachio, hazelnut, almond and sesame. Knorr, the food brand founded in Heilbronn, Germany in 1838, has carried the line "1838'den beri" (since 1838) on this pack. Store in a cool, dry place. Net weight 120 g. Made in Turkey.
