Quick Cooking: How to Make Authentic Tabrizi Koofteh (Meatballs) + Key Tips to Prevent Them from Falling Apart

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Quick Cooking: How to Make Authentic Tabrizi Koofteh (Meatballs) + Key Tips to Prevent Them from Falling Apart

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If you like Tabrizi Koofteh, I recommend watching this video to the end.

In this video, we’ve prepared a complete recipe for Tabrizi Koofteh along with the secrets to keeping it from falling apart. We hope you enjoy it.

Tabrizi Koofteh is one of the many delicious types of Iranian meatballs. As the name suggests, it originates from the city of Tabriz. Thanks to its rich flavor, this dish is popular and prepared across all regions of Iran.

Ingredients for Tabrizi Koofteh:

  • Ground meat (a mix of lamb and beef with medium fat): 250 grams

  • Rice: 1/4 cup

  • Split peas (lapeh): 1/4 cup

  • Koofteh herbs (leek and savory): 50 grams each — if using dried savory, 1.5 tablespoons

  • Egg: 1 small

  • Potato: 1 small

  • Chopped onion: 1 large

  • Grated onion (juiced): 1 medium (the juice is used in the sauce)

  • Tomato paste: 2 tablespoons

  • Butter: 25 grams

  • Turmeric, black pepper, meat spices, salt: to taste

Dear friend, if you want to learn the secrets to making perfect Tabrizi Koofteh that doesn’t fall apart, be sure to watch the video carefully.