How to Make Sour Meatballs? Recipe, Preparation and Ingredients

How to Make Sour Meatballs? Recipe, Preparation and Ingredients

Sour Meatball Recipe: Ingredients

• 400 g lamb meat
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 bowl chickpeas
• 1 onion
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 1 tablespoon pepper paste
• Salt, red pepper flakes, black pepper
• 2 liters water
• Lemon or citric acid

• 2 cups fine bulgur
• Half a tea glass semolina
• 1 teaspoon tomato paste
• 1 teaspoon pepper paste
• 1 egg
• 6 tablespoons flour
• Salt

• Half a tea glass vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon dried mint

How to Make Sour Meatballs?

1. First, put the vegetable oil into a pot and add the lamb meat. I used lamb with bones, but you can also use boneless if you prefer.
2. After sautéing the meat for 5 minutes, add finely chopped onion, tomato paste, and pepper paste, and continue to sauté.
3. Then, add the soaked bowl of chickpeas and 2 liters of water. Reduce the heat and let it cook for about 1–1.5 hours.
4. While the meat and chickpeas are cooking, prepare the meatballs. Put 2 cups of fine bulgur into a bowl, add semolina, and soak with 1 cup of water. Let it rest for 10 minutes.
5. Then add tomato paste, pepper paste, and spices, and start kneading. After kneading for 3–4 minutes, add 1 egg. The mixture will soften a little—don’t worry, that’s normal.
6. Add flour gradually (about 6–7 tablespoons) and shape the dough into small marble-sized balls.
7. Before adding the meatballs to the pot, squeeze plenty of lemon juice. I used 1 teaspoon citric acid.
8. Finally, add the meatballs to the pot and cook for another 10 minutes. Pour the mint-flavored oil that you heated in a separate pan over the dish. It may look a bit laborious, but it’s truly enjoyable to make, and the taste is indescribable. Bon appétit! 😋