Sunday, March 28, 2010

LADIES THIGH MEATBALLS (KADIN BUDU KOFTE)

It is interesting that many Turkish dishes are named after women's body parts. I think it is because they are passionate about food. Eating and drinking together is a very big part of the culture. These "meatballs" are called Ladies Thigh Kofte. Years of living in Canada, I had forgotten about this dish until my Aunt came to visit us and made it for us. I remember as a child this dish being part of picnic baskets because they are just as good cold as they are warm

500 gr. ground beef
2 onions (medium)
1/3 cup cooked plain white rice
3 eggs
1 tablespoon cooking oil
1/2 bunch parsley
salt
black pepper
6 tablespoons flour
  • Cook plain white rice as usual (1 measure rice, 2 measures water, cook for 15 minutes covered and at low heat). Set aside to cool
  • Stir fry 1/2 the ground beef in 1 tablespoon oil until fully cooked and set aside to cool
  • Clean and chop parsley
  • Combine remaining uncooked beef, chopped onions, cooked rice, stir fried beef, 1 egg, salt and pepper together. Make oval looking meat balls
  • Sprinkle bottom of a pan with half the flour and place the meatballs on the flour. Sprinkle remaining flour on top of the meat balls
  • When ready to serve, mix together 2 eggs and dip each of the meatballs in eggs and fry them in low heat

I served mine with rice in this picture but you can try serving it with Frech Fries.

2 comments:

  1. Vallahi "kadin budu koftenin" ingilizce cevirisi de cok guzel olmus:)) Simdi, "dilber dudagi" tatlisi yapinca nasil cevireceksin merak ediyorum...
    Eline saglik, sevgiler...

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  2. Interesting name and interesting meatball too.I sure would love to try this.If you won't mind, I'd really love to guide foodista readers to your site. Just add your choice of Foodista widget at the end of this blog post and you're all set. Thanks!

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