Meatballs, according to culinary experts, come from a Turkic national dish called kyufta. From the Turkic cuisine, meatballs, which are pieces of minced fish or minced meat with various toppings, got into Austrian and Balkan cuisine, and then spread around the world.
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Meatballs differ from cutlets in that they contain different vegetables and cereals. So, the composition of this dish may include oatmeal, buckwheat, rice, potatoes, as well as dried fruits.
In the preparation of meatballs with rice, only wheat or rice flour is used as a breading. It is best not to fry meatballs, but to stew or bake in a thick, saturated gravy.
To prepare delicious meatballs with rice and gravy, you will need the following products:
- 1 kg of minced meat (meat, fish);
- 200 g of rice;
- onions - 1 pc.;
- carrots - 1 pc.;
- 1 tbsp. l mayonnaise;
- salt, black pepper (to your taste).
Gravy requires the following ingredients:
- 3 tbsp. l sour cream;
- 2 tbsp. l mayonnaise;
- 2 tbsp. l wheat flour;
- 100 ml of tomato sauce;
- 200 ml of water;
- salt, pepper - to taste.
Rice and boil until half cooked, and then mix it with minced meat. Wash onions and carrots, peel and chop finely, then fry in a small amount of vegetable oil in a pan. Add the resulting frying to the minced meat and mix well. Next, add mayonnaise, pepper and salt to the meat, and mix well after the meat.
From the resulting meat, form meatballs and put them in a special baking dish.
In the meantime, start cooking gravy for meatballs. In a separate container, combine all the components: tomato sauce, water, sour cream, mayonnaise, wheat flour, add salt and pepper to your taste.
The meatballs with rice, laid out in a mold, pour gravy and simmer for about 30-35 minutes.
As a result, you will get a simple, tasty and truly homemade dish. A great side dish for meatballs with rice and gravy will be potatoes, pasta or vegetables.