First of all, get all your ingredients ready, this always makes the preparation easier. I hate it when I have to dive in the cupboards in the middle of cooking to find the next ingredient.
Start by grinding up the cumin seeds and the coriander seeds. You can do this in a mortar or a food processor.
Add the pistachios. If you are using a food processor you can just chuck everything in there and grind the seeds and nuts at the same time.
Add all the herbs, spices, onion and the pressed garlic to the vegan mince.
Now comes the fun part. Mix everything together. You can use a spoon but its definitely more fun to do it by hand.
Now, I know they look a bit like a turd on a stick but trust me this will be very delicious. Form the dough around the stick with your hands. Make sure they are a bit tight as they might try to fall apart on the BBQ.
When you've formed all your koftas, stick them in the fridge for about 30 minutes.
Grill the koftas on a BBQ for about 5-10 minute each side. This is basically just to cook the onion and heat the koftas, and to get fun griddle marks on them as well.
We enjoyed our koftas with home-made tzatziki sauce, salad, bread, and some antipasti stuff like olives, artichokes, sundried tomatoes.