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Meatball stew with plums and saffron (Khoresht Kofteh Ba Aloo)

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: iran

Ingredients

  • 300 grams Minced meat
  • 1 Onion
  • ½ cup Barberry
  • 10-15 pcs Mixed of dried plums, dried yellow plums, and Prunes
  • 2 tbsp Brewed saffron
  • 2 tbsp Sumac
  • 2 tbsp Black pepper and Turmeric
  • 1 tbsp Sugar optional
  • Salt as needed
  • Oil as needed
  • 8 cups Boiling water

Instructions

  • Soak the dried plums, Dried yellow plums, and Prunes in advance for at least an hour (To remove any stones).
  • Soak the barberries (To remove any stones).
  • First, add salt, black pepper, sumac and turmeric to the minced meat and knead the ingredients well. if you don’t have sumac, substitute grated onion.
    Add dried ingredients to the minced meat
  • then make medium and uniform meatballs and set aside.
    Make the meatballs
  • Chop an onion into small pieces and put it in a pan with some oil and heat until the onion becomes soft.
    Chop an onion and fry it
  • Add the meatballs. Don't move them around. After one side is firm, turn them over to fry the other side.
  • Pour a little turmeric on the onion and pour the meatballs.
    Add tumeric
  • Add the Prunes, Dried yellow plums, and Aloo Bukhara.
    Add prune
  • Pour boiling water. It should cover the meatballs.
    Add boiled water
  • Let it cook for 30 minutes. There's no need to cover the pan, as doing so can cause the meatballs to crumble and break.
  • Now pour boiled sugar and saffron and stir a little. Let it cook for another 10 minutes.
  • Finally, add the washed barberry to the meatballs stew andturn off the stove after 5 minutes.
    Meatball stew is ready
  • Our delicious Meatball Stew is ready to serve, you can eat with saffron Kateh or Barberry Pilaf.
    Good appetite.