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Kufteh Tabrizi( Tabriz is a city in Eastern Azerbaijan province of Iran) are perfect with fresh lavash naan and barabari bread or tukish pide bread. With some pickles and fresh herbs on side. Sour pitted prunes is best for filling the center. Hey everyone, welcome to our recipe site, if you're looking for Mom's stuffed meatballs(Kufteh tabrizi) recipe, look no further!
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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook mom's stuffed meatballs(kufteh tabrizi) using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Mom's stuffed meatballs(Kufteh tabrizi):
- Take minced meat
- Take cup dried split peas
- Prepare One-fourth cup uncooked rice
- Prepare Pitted sour prunes
- Prepare Salt
- Take Black pepper
- Prepare large onion, chopped
- Make ready thick tomato paste
- Take large tomato, cut to wedges
- Prepare small onion, grated
- Take dried rosemary or mint
- Get Cooking oil
- Get Fresh herbs to serve(mint, rosemary, chives and red radish)
- Get turmeric powder
- Prepare turmeric for rice
Kufteh is the Persian term for mashing cubes of meat into a ground mixture, which can then be shaped into giant meatballs. This recipe hails from Tabriz in northern Iran, where chef Hoss Zare of. Kufteh Tabrizi are large, stuffed meatballs usually made with ground beef or lamb, split yellow peas, rice, and a variety of fresh herbs and spices. The filling enclosed in the meatballs mostly consists of nuts and dried fruits, and occasionally whole hard-boiled eggs.
Steps to make Mom's stuffed meatballs(Kufteh tabrizi):
- Cook split peas in some water for about 30 mintes until fully soft. Drain set aside and mash it. Meanwhile half cook the rice with pinch of turmeric. No water should left.
- In big bowl, mix the minced meat with grated onion, half tea spoon of turmeric, mashed split peas. Add salt, dried herb and half cooked rice. Knead well until mixture become sticky. Cover and put in fridge for one to 2 hours.
- In a deep pot with lid, saute chopped onion with some canola oil until translucent. Add half teaspoon of turmeric powder and pinch of black pepper. Add tomato paste and saute more. Add just enough water to cover 5 orange sized meatballs. Add tomato wedges.Bring it to boil.
- Meanwhile, wet your palms with water. Devide kofteh mixture to five. Take one part. Make a round shap holding with hands. Make a hole pressing the middle. Put stuffing pitted prune at the middle. Bring up sides and make it round size of a orange
- Add meatballs one by one gently to boiling tomato water. When they change color, lower the flame to medium and cover the pot.
- Let it simmer for about one hour until Kufteh cooked and sauce not runny. Serve Kufteh tabrizi with lavash or barbari naan and fresh herbs and greek yogurt on side. Enjoy!
Kufteh Tabrizi are large, stuffed meatballs usually made with ground beef or lamb, split yellow peas, rice, and a variety of fresh herbs and spices. The filling enclosed in the meatballs mostly consists of nuts and dried fruits, and occasionally whole hard-boiled eggs. As the name suggests, they originated in the Iranian city of Tabriz. Using your thumb, make a deep, wide indentation into the center of each ball. Kufteh Tabrizi (Persian: کوفته تبریزی ), also known as Tabriz Köftesi, (Azerbaijani: Təbriz küftəsi) is an Iranian meatball recipe from the city of Tabriz.
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