Mom's stuffed meatballs(Kufteh tabrizi)

Name: Mom's stuffed meatballs(Kufteh tabrizi)
Total time: 7200 s
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 450 gram minced meat; Half cup dried split peas; One-fourth cup uncooked rice; as needed Pitted sour prunes; Salt; Black pepper; 1 large onion, chopped; 2 table spoon thick tomato paste; 1 large tomato, cut to wedges; 1 small onion, grated; 2 teaspoon dried rosemary or mint; Cooking oil; Fresh herbs to serve(mint, rosemary, chives and red radish); 1 teaspoon turmeric powder; Pinch turmeric for rice

Mina Haghjoo @SpiceIsland2

United Arab Emirates

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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. If not available, you can put half a walnut with some barberries(or cranberry) in center or hard boil one quil egg and peel to put in center. In some recipes there is one raw egg to make kofta mixture stick better. My mom never uses egg. Using small onion, fully cooked split peas and half cooked rice and kneading the mixture is enough to stick ingredients together. Also let the mixture rest in fridge one to 2 hours prior to cooking. Other point is water should boiling when you add kuftas to water.in pot and do not cover pot until koftas sealed. Use half beef and half lamb.
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Mina Haghjoo @SpiceIsland2

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Ingredients

2 hour

5 servings

450 gramminced meat
Halfcup dried split peas
One-fourth cup uncooked rice
as neededPitted sour prunes
Salt
Black pepper
1large onion, chopped
2 table spoonthick tomato paste
1large tomato, cut to wedges
1small onion, grated
2 teaspoondried rosemary or mint
Cooking oil
Fresh herbs to serve(mint, rosemary, chives and red radish)
1 teaspoonturmeric powder
Pinchturmeric for rice

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Steps

2 hour

1

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.
2

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.
3

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.
4

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
5

Add meatballs one by one gently to boiling tomato water. When they change color, lower the flame to medium and cover the pot.
6

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!