Persian meatball (Kofteh Tabrizi)
Persian meatball (Kofteh Tabrizi)

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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. Koofteh Tabrizi, The Complex Persian Meatball Koofteh Tabrizi is one of the most difficult, yet delicious foods of Persian Cuisine. The preparation takes time, the stuffings vary, and you need to practice the professional skill of making huge meatballs. Koofteh Tabrizi is a super meatball stuffed with dried fruits and berries, also a variety of nuts.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have persian meatball (kofteh tabrizi) using 19 ingredients and 20 steps. Here is how you cook it.

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

Bring to a boil and place the meatball into the boiling water. Half way through the cooking process gently and carefully flip the meatball. Once ready take the meatball out and place it in a deep serving bowl. Finally, when your Koofteh Tabrizi is cooked completely and the meat in it doesn't smell raw, it's ready to serve.

Instructions to make Persian meatball (Kofteh Tabrizi):
  1. First prepare the sauce: heat the oil in a saucepan, add chopped onion and satue for 5 minutes.
  2. Add pinch of salt / pepper, turmeric
  3. And tomato paste.
  4. Stir for another 5 minutes. Set aside.
  5. Mix minced meat (beef and lamb) and ground 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.
  6. Season with salt and pepper and mix well.
  7. Take a portion of the meat mixture (as big as a grapefruit) stuff it with one cooked and peeled egg, prune, barberries,
  8. Walnuts and fried onion.
  9. Wrap and make a meat ball shape.
  10. Bring to boil, 1000 ml water
  11. And gently slip the stuffed kofteh one by one and potatoes.
  12. Add prepared sauce as well. Let it simmer for 45 minutes.
  13. Once kofteh is ready, transfer it to a platter and serve it with fresh herbs, salad or pickled vegetables (torshi).
  17. Ingredients
  18. Aromatic herbs for meatballs
  19. Ingredients for filling
  20. Ingredients for sauce

Once ready take the meatball out and place it in a deep serving bowl. Finally, when your Koofteh Tabrizi is cooked completely and the meat in it doesn't smell raw, it's ready to serve. Note: Koofteh means meatball and Rizeh is small in Farsi. Rizeh Koofteh can very well be an everyday meal served with bread, but it is also a wonderful finger food for entertaining a hungry bunch over the weekend or any occasion. The meatballs can be made ahead of time and warmed up.

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