Kofteh Tabrizi (Persian giant meat balls)
Kofteh Tabrizi (Persian giant meat balls)

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Among all the different types of "Koofteh" or "Kufteh" in Persian cuisine, Koofteh Tabrizi from Azerbaijan province and Tabriz (as its name suggests), is a very popular Koofteh like "Koofteh Sabzi" not only in Tabriz but all over Iran. Kufteh is the Persian term for mashing cubes of meat into a ground mixture, which can then be shaped into giant meatballs. This recipe hails from Tabriz in northern Iran, where chef Hoss Zare of. 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.

Kofteh Tabrizi (Persian giant meat balls) is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Kofteh Tabrizi (Persian giant meat balls) is something that I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have kofteh tabrizi (persian giant meat balls) using 19 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Kofteh Tabrizi (Persian giant meat balls):
  1. Make ready 400 g ground meat (half beef/ half lamb)
  2. Take 2 onions
  3. Take 200 g yellow split peas, cooked
  4. Make ready 70 g rice, cooked
  5. Take 50 g mixed fresh herbs: chives, mint, tarragon, parsley, coriander and savory or marzeh. Finely chopped
  6. Prepare 5-6 baby potatoes
  7. Take to taste Salt and pepper
  8. Get Ingredients for filling
  9. Take 1 cooked and peeled egg for each meat ball
  10. Make ready 1 prune for each meat ball
  11. Prepare 1/2 tsp barberries for each meat ball
  12. Make ready Some crushed walnuts
  13. Make ready 1 large onion, chopped and fried
  14. Make ready Ingredients for sauce
  15. Get 4 tbsp. tomato paste
  16. Take 1 large onion, finely chopped
  17. Prepare 1/2 tsp turmeric
  18. Make ready to taste Salt and pepper
  19. Make ready Oil

One very common item is a peeled hard boiled egg that is placed inside the koofteh along with nuts and dried fruit. Koofteh Tabrizi, Gigantic Meatballs, an Iranian Delicious Dish A dish of Koofteh Tabrizi, ready to be served This traditional dish is one of the specialties in Iranian cuisine. As the name reveals, this Iranian dish is originated in Tabriz, the capital of East Azerbaijan province, northwest of Iran. Yep, a koofteh is a Persian meatball and while I'm happy to say that I love said meatballs, my nose is still, simply a boring human nose.

Steps to make Kofteh Tabrizi (Persian giant meat balls):
  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. Add pinch of salt / pepper, turmeric and tomato paste.
  3. Stir for another 5 minutes. Set aside.
  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.
  5. Season with salt and pepper and mix well.
  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. Wrap and make a meat ball shape.
  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. Add prepared sauce as well. Let it simmer for 45 minutes.
  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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  16. Ingerdients

As the name reveals, this Iranian dish is originated in Tabriz, the capital of East Azerbaijan province, northwest of Iran. Yep, a koofteh is a Persian meatball and while I'm happy to say that I love said meatballs, my nose is still, simply a boring human nose. Persian meatballs aren't your regular run-of-the-mill—though also pretty delicious in their own right—meatballs. Ingredients for meatless "meatballs" include lots of lovely fragrant herbs including mint and ruby red barberries. These "meatballs" are called koofteh in Persian which basically means "pounded".

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