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Koofteh Berenji
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Ingredients: (6 servings)
- Basmati or Long Grain Rice, 100 grams
- Ground Beef or Lamb, 500 grams
- Chick-pea Flour, 100 grams
- Herbs (spring onion ends, parsley, common-dill, sweet-fennel, mint,
tarragon), 500 grams
- 3 Eggs
- Split-peas, 100 grams
- 3-4 onions
- 0.5 cup of cooking oil
- 2-3 spoons of turmeric (or tomato paste)
- Salt
- Black pepper
- Barberries, 100 grams
- Walnuts, 100 grams
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Directions:
Koofteh-Berenji is a delicious ball of meat, rice and herbs with extra
goodies inside. Cook rice in some water with a bit of salt until it softens,
then filter out the water. Do the same to split-peas.
Mix rice, split-peas, chick-pea flour, meat, eggs, salt and pepper very well.
Cut the herbs very finely and mix in with the rest. Chop the onions and fry in
oil until golden. Save some of the fried onions. Add 5-6 glasses of water to the
rest of the onions with a bit of salt, pepper and turmeric (or tomato paste) and
bring to boil.
Make balls about the size of an orange from the mix, leaving a bit of
barberries, walnuts and fried onions at the center. Place the balls in the
boiling water and cook for a few minutes. Then continue cooking at low
temperature until the koofteh is completely cooked. Make sure the container is
not covered during cooking.
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