Recipe: Appetizing Persian petit meatballs (Kofteh rizeh Yazdi)

Persian petit meatballs (Kofteh rizeh Yazdi). Peel the onion and grate it. Persian meatballs is made of a wonderful blend of meat, bulgur, shallots and spices then slowly simmered in a tomato saffron sauce. Today I'm sharing a delicious recipe for Persian Meatballs (Koofteh Rizeh, or Kufteh Rizeh in Farsi, and Riza Kufta in Azeri).

How to make softy and delicious Kofte/Koofteh/ kofta. Persian Recipes Persian Food Recipes in English with Pictures. I recently visited my parents and made a second type of Kofteh Berenji with their help. You can cook Persian petit meatballs (Kofteh rizeh Yazdi) using 9 ingredients and 28 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Persian petit meatballs (Kofteh rizeh Yazdi)

1. You need 350 g of minced meat (half beef/ half lamb).
2. Prepare 1 of onion, grated.
3. You need Handful of cherry tomatoes.
4. Prepare 1 of egg.
5. You need 3 tbsp of freshly chopped chives or coriander.
6. It's 2 tbsp of gram flour.
7. Prepare 1/2 tsp of turmeric.
8. You need of Olive oil.
9. You need to taste of Salt and chilli pepper.

The first one I had made was a bit different and included lapeh (split yellow peas). 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 for Persian meatballs is made of a wonderful blend of meat, bulgur, shallots and spices then slowly simmered in a tomato saffron sauce. Today's recipe indeed is for Koofteh Berenji, which is meatballs with rice and split peas.

Persian petit meatballs (Kofteh rizeh Yazdi) step by step

1. Peel the onion and grate it..
2. Extract juice from grated onion. Add all ingredients to grated onion. Mix well until combine together..
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8. Shape the meat mixture into little balls, the size of a walnut..
9. Heat the oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Add meat balls..
10. Cook until brown.
11. Then add ¼ cup water and cherry tomatoes to the meat balls and let the cook for 10 minutes with the lid partially covering the pan..
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15. I served meat balls with steamed rice-potato but as I mentioned it might be served with flat bread too and salad, yogurt and pickles on the side..
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These are seriously yummy and were enjoyed in our house for Notice that fresh tarragon is missing here. My local Persian store was all out. I was rather disappointed because tarragon happens to be one of my. Koofteh Berenji are Persian meatballs that are tender and mixed with an assortment of fresh herbs and rice, stuffed with raisins, and simmered in a simple tomato broth. While Italian meatballs are mixed with bread crumbs, koofteh (aka kufteh or kofteh) is mixed with cooked rice, yellow split peas, onions.