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Turkey Kofta with Yogurt Sauce

Spiced turkey meatballs baked and served with a garlicky yogurt sauce and warm pita.

Turkey Kofta with Yogurt Sauce, plated and ready to serve
Serves
4
Total time
35 min
Cost per serving (United States)
$8.77

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 lb ground turkey (93% lean)
  • 1 yellow onions
  • 4 clove garlic
  • 1/2 cup plain breadcrumbs
  • 1 large eggs
  • 2 tsp ground cumin
  • 2 tsp paprika
  • 1/2 bunch fresh flat-leaf parsley
  • 1 cup plain greek yogurt
  • 1 lemon
  • 4 pita bread
  • 1 cucumber

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 425F and line a sheet pan.

  2. Grate the onion and squeeze out the excess liquid, then mix it with the turkey, breadcrumbs, egg, half the garlic, the cumin, paprika, chopped parsley and a teaspoon of salt.

  3. Shape into 16 small oval meatballs and set them on the pan.

  4. Bake 18 to 20 minutes, until browned and cooked through.

  5. Stir the yogurt with the remaining minced garlic, the lemon juice and a pinch of salt.

  6. Warm the pita and serve the kofta with the yogurt sauce and sliced cucumber.

What this costs, country by country

Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.

The cost of this recipe in 11 countries, each in its own currency, with how many of the 12 ingredients we could price in each. Figures are not converted between currencies, so the rows cannot be ranked against each other.
CountryWhole recipePer servingPriced from
United Kingdom£28.15£7.0412 of 12 ingredients
Australia$62.50$15.6312 of 12 ingredients
Canada$124.17$31.0411 of 12 ingredients
Greece22,97 €5,74 €10 of 12 ingredients
Spain11,61 €2,90 €10 of 12 ingredients
United States$35.08$8.779 of 12 ingredients
Egypt‏٥٧٩٫٩٩ ج.م.‏‏١٤٥٫٠٠ ج.م.‏9 of 12 ingredients
Mexico$478.38$119.609 of 12 ingredients
New Zealand$31.21*$7.806 of 12 ingredients
Germany11,21 €*2,80 €6 of 12 ingredients
Austria€ 9,32*€ 2,336 of 12 ingredients

* We have read fewer than seven in ten of these ingredients in that country, so the total is a partial figure and the real one is higher.

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