Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Turkish Meat and Rice Balls (Kadınbudu Köfte)


The direct translation of this dish is Lady’s Thighs.

500 g ground meat * 2 onions * 3 eggs * 75 g rice * 50 g parsley * tsp black pepper * 1 tsp dry thyme * 1 tsp cumin * oil to fry * 1 cup flour * 1 cup bread crumb * salt

Cook the rice with salt and water. Put the ground meat in a bowl. Add the chopped onions, 1 egg, the rice, the chopped parsley, the salt, the black pepper, the thyme and the cumin and knead very well. Take small amounts of the mixture with the size of a tangerine and give an oval shape to each one. Beat 2 eggs. Place the flour on a plate and place the bread crumb on another plate. First dip each köfte in the flour, then dip in the eggs and then in the crumb bread. Fry the köfte and put them on a paper towel for the excess of oil to be absorbed. Serve hot or warm.

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