Kofteh Tabrizi (Persian giant meat balls)

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Kofteh Tabrizi (Persian giant meat balls) is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Kofteh Tabrizi (Persian giant meat balls) is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have kofteh tabrizi (persian giant meat balls) using 19 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Kofteh Tabrizi (Persian giant meat balls):
  1. Take 400 g ground meat (half beef/ half lamb)
  2. Make ready 2 onions
  3. Take 200 g yellow split peas, cooked
  4. Take 70 g rice, cooked
  5. Prepare 50 g mixed fresh herbs: chives, mint, tarragon, parsley, coriander and savory or marzeh. Finely chopped
  6. Get 5-6 baby potatoes
  7. Prepare to taste Salt and pepper
  8. Make ready Ingredients for filling
  9. Get 1 cooked and peeled egg for each meat ball
  10. Make ready 1 prune for each meat ball
  11. Make ready 1⁄2 tsp barberries for each meat ball
  12. Make ready Some crushed walnuts
  13. Prepare 1 large onion, chopped and fried
  14. Get Ingredients for sauce
  15. Prepare 4 tbsp. tomato paste
  16. Make ready 1 large onion, finely chopped
  17. Get 1⁄2 tsp turmeric
  18. Get to taste Salt and pepper
  19. Make ready Oil

Persian meatballs like Koofteh Tabrizi also contain a lot of rice in them, which creates a unique taste and texture in them. You should soak the rice in cold water and salt before using it in the Koofteh Tabrizi mixture. You don't need to cook it before making the meatballs, and the cooking process happens in the pot. Koofteh Tabrizi is a super meatball stuffed with dried fruits and berries, also a variety of nuts.

Steps to make Kofteh Tabrizi (Persian giant meat balls):
  1. First prepare the sauce: heat the oil in a saucepan, add chopped onion and saute for 5 minutes. Add pinch of salt / pepper, turmeric and tomato paste. Stir for another 5 minutes. Set aside.
  2. Add pinch of salt / pepper, turmeric and tomato paste.
  3. Stir for another 5 minutes. Set aside.
  4. Grind meat (beef and lamb) 2-3 times by a meat grinder until paste like. Grind precooked rice and yellow split peas. Grate onions, squeeze out the juice. In a bowl with the meat mixture, add onion, rice, yellow split peas and herbs.
  5. Season with salt and pepper and mix well.
  6. Take a portion of the meat mixture (as big as a grapefruit) stuff it with one cooked and peeled egg, prune, barberries, walnuts and fried onion.
  7. Wrap and make a meat ball shape.
  8. Bring to boil, 1000 ml water and gently slip the stuffed kofteh one by one and potatoes. Add prepared sauce as well. Let it simmer for 45 minutes.
  9. Add prepared sauce as well. Let it simmer for 45 minutes.
  10. Once kofteh is ready, transfer it to a platter and serve it with fresh herbs, salad or pickled vegetables (torshi).
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You don't need to cook it before making the meatballs, and the cooking process happens in the pot. Koofteh Tabrizi is a super meatball stuffed with dried fruits and berries, also a variety of nuts. There are some other interesting fillings for this very traditional Azeri dish that are worth mentioning. One very common item is a peeled hard boiled egg that is placed inside the koofteh along with nuts and dried fruit. Take a portion of the meat mixture (as big as a grapefruit) stuff it with one cooked and peeled egg, prune, barberries, Walnuts and fried onion.

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