Kofta with tahini, potato and onion from Falastin: A Cookbook (page 234) by Sami Tamimi and Tara Wigley

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    See recipe for variations. Can substitute any other chilli flakes for Aleppo chilli flakes.

  • noor_37m4rf on January 12, 2026

    My sauce was a bit too dry, but still delicious

  • jenburkholder on September 22, 2025

    I'd wanted to make this dish since I got the book years ago, and finally got to it. It is indeed delicious but honestly a bit rich for me (tahini I assume) - would make again but maybe reduce the sauce either in volume or less tahini or something. I used all lamb which possibly exacerbated it. But really easy enough and I made components ahead so dinner was relatively quick to pull together. The kofta were great flavor/texture.

  • Ishie1013 on March 05, 2024

    This was a wonderful weeknight meal that came together deliciously. Love the spice profile of the meatballs. I only used ground beef since that's what I had on hand; stayed true to the rest of the recipe. What a great meal.

  • Stephenn31 on March 04, 2024

    Delicious. I did not turn the kofta while they were cooking so they held their shape (which seemed to be an issue reading other comments). Really delicious with a big salad and some pita

  • Astrid5555 on January 07, 2024

    So delicious! As mentioned by the other reviewers a good potential entertainment recipe, as all parts of the dish could be made ahead. Caught my husband licking the rest o fthe sauce from the pan.

  • breakthroughc on January 26, 2023

    Really rich and delicious. It needs light sides. It is a good entertaining recipe, I roasted the potatoes, sautéed the onions, made the sauce and made and shaped the kofta and refrigerated them. The refrigeration may have helped with them not falling apart. When I was ready to serve dinner, I just browned the kofta and gave them 5 minutes in the oven. Removed stirred in the onions and potatoes and topped with the sauce. I gave it 10 minutes in the oven as my potatoes and onions were room temp. Worked well.

  • pattyatbryce on October 31, 2022

    Flavor good, but fell apart. Ended up good because it thinned the sauce.

  • Frenchfoodie on October 02, 2022

    This was easy and delicious as well as lending itself to prepping ahead, I made the raw kofta (16x smaller balls) and tahini sauce in the morning and the potatoes with lunch then the final cooking and assembly took only 15-20 minutes. Mr B not keen on the thick sauce.

  • ozfoodie on October 09, 2021

    My first cook from this book and we enjoyed it very much. I used homemade tahini and all beef mince because that's what I had, and the flavours were great. An interesting and delicious way to use up mince. We will definitely have it again.

  • potatooryam on December 08, 2020

    This was delicious! It came together easily, will definitely make again. I think the kofta could use a little more salt, but I was using kosher salt and the recipe may have been asking for something a little finer.

  • cultus.girl on November 10, 2020

    I concur that this dish is very good indeed. I made it with only roasted potato and cauliflower as we wanted to lighten up on the first occasion however I looked forward to making with the kofta next time.

  • KarinaFrancis on September 26, 2020

    Omg this was delicious! Koftas were full of flavour and together with the potatoes and luscious tahini sauce it’s an impressive dish and not that difficult to put together.

  • aargle on April 14, 2020

    This is the first recipe I have made out of this cookbook and I hope it’s the first of many fabulous dishes. It was absolutely delicious and very straightforward. My family raved and it will go into irregular rotation.

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