Meatball Stew

Rae
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 ".

Meatball Stew

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
  1. For the meatballs:
  2. 1/2 poundground beef 85 % lean
  3. 1onion
  4. 5 tbsbulgur wheat (if your meatballs not firm enough you can add more bulgur wheat)
  5. 1 tbstomato paste
  6. 1 tbspepper paste
  7. 1egg
  8. 1/2 tspcumin
  9. to tastepepper and salt
  10. For broth:
  11. 4 quartsboiled water
  12. 1carrot
  13. 1Italian green pepper
  14. 2large potatoes
  15. For the base sauce:
  16. 2 tbsplain thick yogurt
  17. 1/2lemon juice
  18. 1egg yolk

Cooking Instructions

20 mins
  1. 1

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

  2. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 8

    After adding yogurt mixture, cook about 15 minutes more.

  9. 9

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

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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! 😄✌️
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Comments (2)

Felice
Felice @morinoko
This looks amazing too! In my bookmarks:D

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