Recipe
Persian Meatballs - (Koofteh Nokhod-chi)
Posted by : unknown
Preparation time : 40 Min
Cooking time : 30 Min
Level of difficulty : Low
Ingredients
4 servings
- ground lamb (or beef), 500 grams
- chickpea flour, 300 grams
- onions, two regular
- fresh lime juice (or vinegar), one cup
- sugar, 3-4 spoons
- cooking oil
- saffron, 1/2 teaspoon
- salt
- black pepper
Preparation
Dissolve half of saffron in a cup of hot water. Add to it salt, pepper and chickpea flour then pour it on the ground lamb (or beef) and mix well.
If necessary, gradually pour in more hot water so that the mix does not stick to the hand.
Slice the onions and fry them with the oil in a sauce pan until golden. Add to them five glasses of water and some salt and bring to boil.
Make 3-4 cm balls from the meat mix and fry in oil for about 10 minutes over medium heat.
Transfer the balls to the boiling water (in the saucepan) and add lime juice (or vinegar), sugar and the rest of saffron, and cook over medium heat for 15 minutes.
