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Loading ...Turkish cuisine is really diverse. And if you want to experience something unforgettable, something that only with its flavor makes your mouth water– it’s high time you learned how to make Turkish meatballs.
To cook Turkish meatballs you will need:
- minced beef or mutton – 750g
- 2 tablespoons of rice
- 1 big onion
- 1 tablespoon of margarine
- 1 egg or 2 yolks
- juice of 1 lemon
- parsley
- 1.5 teaspoon of black ground pepper
- 2 teaspoons of salt
How to make Turkish meatballs:
Wash the rice properly, pour in 2 glasses of water and boil for 15 minutes.
Take readymade minced meat or mince beef or mutton yourself. Peel the onion and grate or mince. Add cooked rice, salt and pepper and mix everything thoroughly.
After that wash the parsley, dry and chop it and put on a tray. Make walnut-size meatballs from the mince and put them on the tray as well. Shake the tray so that the parsley sticks to the meatballs. (picture)
Pour some 2.5 glasses of water into a pot, add margarine and salt and bring to the boil. Then put meatballs into the boiling water, cover the pot and simmer on a low fire for 20 minutes.
To make sauce to your Turkish meatballs beat up an egg or two yolks in a bowl. Add juice of 1 lemon and half a glass of the sauce from the meatballs into the bowl and mix the contents. Finally pour the mixture over the meatballs, stir and take the pot off the fire.
Now Turkish meatballs are ready. Serve them and enjoy your meal!
Turkish cuisine was greatly influenced by Islam with its bans on pork, alcohol and strict fasts. Moreover other peoples that lived on the territory of Turkey: Persians, Greeks, Assyrians, Arabs, Armenians… – contributed to it. That is why modern Turkish cuisine may be similar to Mediterranean.
Turks learned how to preserve food for a long time, which helped them to make their diet more diverse even during the winter months. As a result modern Turkish cuisine offers a great number of recipes that can make any diet better balanced.
Any European who travels around Turkey will surely notice that Turks take their time while having a meal. An average lunch takes about 4-5 hours. Turks never eat alone or on the go. A tourist may take a simple Turkish lunch for a real Eastern feast because of the dishes that appear on the table like in a fairy-tale, and all of them are made from the best ingredients and with love. And it doesn’t matter whether you are in an expensive restaurant or in a small café – the smell and taste of Turkish dishes won’t leave you indifferent.
But of course we can endlessly talk about Turkish cuisine, try to describe unusual taste of the food or even dream about travelling to the country itself, still – as a Turkish proverb says – “fine words butter no parsnips”. Instead you can go to the kitchen and cook a Turkish dinner or supper for your family and friends. You can make Turkish meatballs described on this page for a start. And who knows may be you will like it.