Vegetable Meatballs
Let's process the onions in a food processor, transfer them to a mixing bowl. Add the rice and bulgur, which we have washed and drained. Then, add the ground meat, black pepper, salt, red pepper flakes, and an egg, and knead. Break off small pieces from the prepared meatball mixture and roll them. Roll our meatballs on a baking sheet sprinkled with flour.
Let's dice the carrots and potatoes. Put 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a pot and cook our finely chopped carrots until they soften for about 10 minutes. After our carrots have softened, add our tomato paste, dissolved in one glass of hot water. After sautéing for a bit, add our flour-coated meatballs and cook the meatballs for about 10 minutes. After the meatballs are cooked, add our diced potatoes and peas to the pot, cook for 10-15 minutes, and serve hot.
You can also use ready-made canned mixed vegetables if you wish. When using canned mixed vegetables, you can add the mixed vegetables after the meatballs are cooked in the tomato paste water and cook over low heat for 5-10 minutes.
Serving Suggestion: You can serve by garnishing with parsley.
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 medium onion
Half a kilo of ground meat
1 tablespoon fine bulgur for meatballs
3 tablespoons broken rice
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 egg
2 carrots
2 potatoes
1 cup peas
Black pepper, Salt
