Kofteh Tabrizi (Persian giant meat balls)

Rozina Dinaa
Rozina Dinaa @rozina5
Scotland

This traditional dish takes its name from Tabriz which is located in NW of Iran. Kofteh tabrizi is very popular, delicious and famous dish In Iran. Kofteh tabrizi is a giant meatball stuffed with dried fruits such as prunes, apricots, barberries, nuts such as walnuts, and cooked egg.
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Kofteh Tabrizi (Persian giant meat balls)

This traditional dish takes its name from Tabriz which is located in NW of Iran. Kofteh tabrizi is very popular, delicious and famous dish In Iran. Kofteh tabrizi is a giant meatball stuffed with dried fruits such as prunes, apricots, barberries, nuts such as walnuts, and cooked egg.
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Ingredients

  1. 400 gground meat (half beef/ half lamb)
  2. 2onions
  3. 200 gyellow split peas, cooked
  4. 70 grice, cooked
  5. 50 gmixed fresh herbs: chives, mint, tarragon, parsley, coriander and savory or marzeh. Finely chopped
  6. 5-6baby potatoes
  7. to tasteSalt and pepper
  8. Ingredients for filling
  9. 1cooked and peeled egg for each meat ball
  10. 1prune for each meat ball
  11. 1/2 tspbarberries for each meat ball
  12. Some crushed walnuts
  13. 1large onion, chopped and fried
  14. Ingredients for sauce
  15. 4 tbsp.tomato paste
  16. 1large onion, finely chopped
  17. 1/2 tspturmeric
  18. to tasteSalt and pepper
  19. Oil

Cooking Instructions

  1. 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. 2

    Add pinch of salt / pepper, turmeric and tomato paste.

  3. 3

    Stir for another 5 minutes. Set aside.

  4. 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.

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    Season with salt and pepper and mix well.

  6. 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. 7

    Wrap and make a meat ball shape.

  8. 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. 9

    Add prepared sauce as well. Let it simmer for 45 minutes.

  10. 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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