Meatballs, according to experts on cookery, come from a Turkic national dish under the name of "kyuft". From Turkic cuisine the meatballs representing pieces fish or mincemeat with various fillers got to the Austrian and Balkan cuisines, and then extended worldwide.
Meatballs differ from cutlets in the fact that incorporate different vegetables and grain. So, oat flakes, buckwheat, rice, potatoes and also dried fruits can be a part of this dish.
In preparation of meatballs with rice as a breading only a wheat or rice flour is used. It is the best of all not to fry meatballs, and to extinguish or bake in dense, saturated gravy.
The following products will be necessary for you for preparation of tasty meatballs with rice and gravy:
- 1 kg of forcemeat (meat, fish);
- 200 g of rice;
- onions — 1 piece;
- carrots — 1 piece;
- 1 tablespoons of mayonnaise;
- salt, a black sprinkling pepper (to your taste).
Gravy demands the following ingredients:
- 3 tablespoons of sour cream;
- 2 tablespoons of mayonnaise;
- 2 tablespoons of wheat flour;
- 100 ml of tomato sauce;
- 200 ml of water;
- salt, pepper — to taste.
Wash out rice and boil to a condition of semi-readiness, and then mix it with forcemeat. Wash out onions and carrots, clean and small cut, further fry in a small amount of vegetable oil in a frying pan. Add the turned-out fried vegetables to forcemeat and well mix. Further it is necessary to add mayonnaise, pepper and salt to forcemeat, and after forcemeat it is good to vent.
Create balls from the turned-out forcemeat and lay out them in a special form for roasting.
Meanwhile be engaged in preparation of gravy for meatballs. In separate capacity connect all components: tomato sauce, water, sour cream, mayonnaise, wheat flour, add salt and pepper to your taste.
Fill in the meatballs with rice which are spread out in shape with gravy and you extinguish about 30-35 minutes.
As a result at you simple, tasty and really house dish will turn out. Potatoes, pasta or vegetables will become a fine garnish for meatballs with rice and gravy.