Recipe: Yummy Persian style meatballs spaghetti

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Persian style meatballs spaghetti. When you think of meatballs, you probably think of golf-ball sized Italian meatballs on top of enormous pile of spaghetti. Persian meatballs are not small, but more like the size of an orange or softball. And tucked inside each meatball is about a tablespoon of naturally sweet raisins or even a pitted date.

Serve with flatbreads and yogurt or over a green salad.

If you go the salad route, include some fresh herbs and pomegranate molasses to match the meatballs.

Recipe Notes: Be generous with the turmeric.

You can cook Persian style meatballs spaghetti using 11 ingredients and 19 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Persian style meatballs spaghetti

1. Prepare 150 g of spaghetti.

2. You need 200 g of ground beef.

3. Prepare 1 of medium onion, grated.

4. Prepare 1 of bell pepper, finely chopped.

5. You need 1 of potato, thinly sliced.

6. You need 1 can of tomato, diced.

7. You need 3 Tbsp of tomato paste.

8. You need of Salt- chili powder to tast.

9. Prepare 1 Tsp of turmeric.

10. Prepare 1 Tsp of cinnamon.

11. Prepare of Extra olive oil.

There is no such thing as too much turmeric in this dish.

My Koofteh is a traditional Persian Meatballs dish with a French influence.

Lemon pepper is a flavor I use in my recipes often.

That's what sets my Koofteh apart from other traditional recipes.

Persian style meatballs spaghetti instructions

1. In a bowl with ground beef, add grated onion. Season with salt- pepper, and also add turmeric and cinnamon. Mix all ingredients together well..

2. Give small ball shapes to the meat and fry them in a pan until meatballs are brown..

3. Then, add tomato paste to the meat balls and heat for 2 minutes and set aside..

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5. In a separate pan, heat the oil and saute chopped bell peppers for 5 minutes. Add diced can tomato to the bell pepper and fry for 2-3 minutes, then pour fried bell pepper and tomatoes over the meat balls, gently stir..

6. Your sauce is ready..

7. Now, in a pot, bring to boil water, add some salt, 1 Tbsp oil and spaghetti..

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9. Cook it for 10 minutes then drain the spaghetti using a colander..

10. Now pour 3 Tbsp oil in the pot, let it hot, then lay on sliced potatoes as you see in the image,.

11. Then pour par cooked spaghetti top of the potatoes.

12. And at the end pour meatballs over the spaghetti..

13. Cover the pot with a lid and let spaghetti cook for 20 minutes over medium to low heat..

14. Once spaghetti is cooked, you would serve spaghetti but there is surprise at the bottom of pot, yes it’s crispy fried potatoes that is called ‘ tah dig’ in Persian cuisine and it is speciality of Iranian cuisine..

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Today I'm sharing a delicious recipe for Persian Meatballs (Koofteh Rizeh, or Kufteh Rizeh in Farsi, and Riza Kufta in Azeri).

Koofteh means meatball and Rizeh is small in Farsi.

Rizeh Koofteh can very well be an everyday meal served with bread, but it is also a wonderful finger food for entertaining a hungry bunch over the weekend or any occasion.

Add chopped onion to the pan and saute until soft.

Mix in diced bell pepper and saute until tender.