Take a large bowl, with minced meat, and grated onions, grated garlic, season with salt and pepper. Mix together. Divide the mixture into small or medium size round balls. Cover the meatballs and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Soak the rice in salted water(1tbsp salt) for 1 hour. Heat the oil in a pan and fry sliced onion, set aside.

Then add meat balls to the pan and fry them until cooked and golden brown.

Pour water in a pot, bring water to a boil, drain salted water of rice and add it to the boiled water, allow to cook for 10 minutes.

Sing a colander, drain the rice and keep it under cold tap water for few seconds.

Add sumac and beetroot water to the rice, gently combine.

Add oil to the pot, pour part of drained rice in the pot, add half of fried onion and cover the onions with remaining of rice.

Cover the pot with a lid and allow to cook over low to medium heat for 25-30 minutes.

Serve this delicious rice with fried meatballs, fresh herbs and vegetables.

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