Sour Kofta Soup With Yoghurt Recipe
A very suitable recipe for summer evenings is meatballs with yogurt and sour. I find dishes like this one that serve soup and main course or main course or rice/pasta at the same time very practical and therefore I love it. It is known that being hot in the summer makes it difficult to spend a long time in the kitchen. I want to finish my work as soon as possible and throw myself in a cool place. That's why I'm leaning towards easy-to-make delicious recipes such as sour and juicy meatballs.
A side salad and melon watermelon is enough for a family meal. If you are planning to make it for your guests, you can start with a hot starter such as tomato hash and green beans with olive oil and serve the juicy meatballs as a soup plus a main course. But it's good to keep the portions small. As it is known, people cannot eat much because of the hot weather. Since sour meatballs are also a very satisfying dish, insisting on large portions will only serve to torture your guests.
I make this recipe with only carrots and potatoes, unlike the turkish kofte stew, but you can add other vegetables you like next to the vegetables I use. Peas would also be very suitable, for example. In winter, you can easily use cauliflower and broccoli.
Ingredients
- 2 mid-sized potatoes,
- 1 red pepper,
- 1 green pepper,
- 1 yellow pepper,
- 1 tbsp of butter,
- 2 full tbsps of plain yoghurt,
- Juice of 1/2 lemon,
- Salt to taste,
- 1/2 tsp of ground black pepper,
- 1/2 cup of chopped dill,
- 5-6 cups of hot water.
For Kofta:
- 300 g of ground beef / lamb,
- 1 onion, grated,
- 2 tablespoons of bread crumbs,
- 1/2 cup of chopped parsley,
- 1 teaspoon of black pepper,
- 1 teaspoon of cumin,
- 1/4 tbsp rice,
- 2 tbsp of flour,
- Salt.
Preparation
- Spread the flour on a large baking sheet,
- In a large bowl combine the grated onion, egg, bread crumbs, parsley, rice, salt and spices with the ground meat and stir well with your hands until you get a homogenous mixture,
- Make round patties out of the mixture,
- Drop patties into the flour, shake the baking sheet and make all the patties covered with flour,
- Peel the potatoes and cut into small cubes,
- REmove the seeds of the peppers and chop,
- Melt butter in a large pan,
- Add chopped potatoes and cook for 5-7 mins, constantly stirring,
- Add chopped peppers and cook for 2-3 mins,
- Add hot water,
- After the water comes to boil add koftas and stir,
- Cook until the potatoes are tender and the rices are like they are trying to come out of the koftas,
- In a large bowl beat yoghurt and lemon juice together,
- Remove the pan from heat,
- Add a scoop of the water in the pan into yoghurt mixture and beat fast,
- Add another scoop and beat,
- Pour the warm yoghurt mixture into the pan and stir fast,
- Put onto the cooker again and cook 4-5 mins constantly stirring,
- Add salt, pepper and chopped dill, stir and remove from heat.
Bon appétit...