Meatball Stew

Name: Meatball Stew
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: For the meatballs:; 1/2 pound ground beef 85 % lean; 1 onion; 5 tbs bulgur wheat (if your meatballs not firm enough you can add more bulgur wheat); 1 tbs tomato paste; 1 tbs pepper paste; 1 egg; 1/2 tsp cumin; to taste pepper and salt; For broth:; 4 quarts boiled water; 1 carrot; 1 Italian green pepper; 2 large potatoes; For the base sauce:; 2 tbs plain thick yogurt; 1/2 lemon juice; 1 egg yolk

Rae @ReyTheCook

New Jersey-USA

This is a very traditional Turkish stew. it is called "eksili sulu kofte". The base is made with egg yolk, lemon juice and yogurt. This base will have a slightly sour taste. Mixed with broth until the sauce thickens. In Arabic called tarbiya, in Turkish "terbiye ", in Jewish "agristada ", italian "brodo brusco ".

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Ingredients

20 mins

5 servings

For the meatballs:
1/2 poundground beef 85 % lean
1onion
5 tbsbulgur wheat (if your meatballs not firm enough you can add more bulgur wheat)
1 tbstomato paste
1 tbspepper paste
1egg
1/2 tspcumin
to tastepepper and salt
For broth:
4 quartsboiled water
1carrot
1Italian green pepper
2large potatoes
For the base sauce:
2 tbsplain thick yogurt
1/2lemon juice
1egg yolk

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Steps

20 mins

1

Mix all of the ingredients for meatballs in the first three steps
2

In a large baking pan you'll spread the flour over the area off the bottom of the pan ( to prevent meatballs sticking to each other, ) prepare meatballs slightly larger and rounder than a marble , when adding the meatballs, shake the pan back and fourth so they blend with the flour .
3

Boil water in a large pot on the side, in a separate pan start making your broth ; add vegetable oil, then chopped onion, tomato and pepper paste, green pepper, continue stirring, at this point your boiling water should be ready.
4

Pour water over paste mix. Keep extra boiling water on the side to match the amount of ingredients that you have. Then add potatoes and carrot,
5

As you see my ingredients exceeded the amount of water that was in the pot. So I added more water before adding the meatballs
6

After broth boils and potatoes get a little bit soft add your meatballs into the broth slowly to avoid the meatballs breaking up and making a very messy stew.
7

As soon as you add your meatballs into pot, prepare your "terbiye sauce": mix yogurt, egg yolk and 1/2 lemon juice , mix and pour over stew
8

After adding yogurt mixture, cook about 15 minutes more.
9

Your stew is ready, if you need more water , add more boiling water carefully.

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Rae @ReyTheCook

on December 14, 2015 03:22

New Jersey-USA

I used to be a runner. One day middle of the run, I had my feet numb up to my knee. It was sciatica from a car accident years ago. Then because having problems with my Achilles, I started using a cane. Now I changed my diet completely... no more sugar or process foods. My recent recipes are vegetarian, I do not eat meat anymore! Also no sugar, flour and very low carbohydrate meals .This is my journey now. Good luck on yours! 😄✌️