Recipe: Perfect Mom's stuffed meatballs(Kufteh tabrizi)

Mom's stuffed meatballs(Kufteh tabrizi). #MyCookbook #Kofta 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. #MyCookbook #Kofta 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.

They are made with rice and minced beef and made to a size of an average hand, plus they have a hard-boiled egg inside. کوفته تبریزی خانم گل آور How To Make Kofteh Tabrizi Iranian koofteh tabrizi کوفته ت. Koofteh tabrizi is a meatball stuffed with peeled hard boiled eggs, dried fruits such as plum, berries and walnuts, served in savoury thick tomato broth. You can cook Mom's stuffed meatballs(Kufteh tabrizi) using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Mom's stuffed meatballs(Kufteh tabrizi)

1. Prepare 450 gram of minced meat.
2. It's Half of cup dried split peas.
3. It's of One-fourth cup uncooked rice.
4. You need as needed of Pitted sour prunes.
5. It's of Salt.
6. Prepare of Black pepper.
7. You need 1 of large onion, chopped.
8. Prepare 2 table spoon of thick tomato paste.
9. Prepare 1 of large tomato, cut to wedges.
10. It's 1 of small onion, grated.
11. It's 2 teaspoon of dried rosemary or mint.
12. You need of Cooking oil.
13. Prepare of Fresh herbs to serve(mint, rosemary, chives and red radish).
14. Prepare 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder.
15. It's Pinch of turmeric for rice.

You should cook koofteh in very little tomato broth otherwise it will fall apart! Kufteh Tabrizi are large, stuffed meatballs usually made with ground beef or lamb, split yellow peas, rice, and a variety of fresh herbs and spices. The filling enclosed in the meatballs mostly consists of nuts and dried fruits, and occasionally whole hard-boiled eggs. As the name suggests, they originated in the Iranian city of Tabriz.

Mom's stuffed meatballs(Kufteh tabrizi) instructions

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!.

کوفته تبریزی خانم بخشیHow To Make Kofteh TabriziIranian koofteh tabriziکوفته تبر. Doug and I have been experimenting with some of our favorite Armenian recipes to reduce fat and cholesterol. We've taken the traditional recipe for kufteh — Armenian stuffed meatballs — and replaced the ground lamb and butter with ground turkey and olive oil. We think the results are pretty darn good! Serve with plain yogurt, a chopped salad, and pita bread.