Iranian lamb meatballs (koufteh ghelgeli)

caliking

Felt like cooking something new, so settled on this from Saveur. Didn’t have to egged, but why pass on a chance to light up some charcoal?

Mise en place. Ground lamb, turmeric, salt, spices (cumin, coriander, dash of nutmeg), lemon juice, onion juice, chopped onions, carrots, ‘taters, mustard oil. 

Meatballs - lamb, grated and squeezed onion, turmeric, cumin, salt. And a quarter cup of chickpea flour to hold it all together. 

Simmered until the veg was done.
We’ll give it a day or two to let the flavors get friendly. Sample taste was promising

Canugghead

Beauty! but no heat?    Consistency of my kofta kebab looks very similar to yours. Enjoy, and wishing your family the best in 2020 my friend.

Dyal_SC

Looking good caliking. 

caliking

Canugghead said:

Beauty! but no heat?    Consistency of my kofta kebab looks very similar to yours. Enjoy, and wishing your family the best in 2020 my friend.

I had the same response when I read the recipe the first time! Iranian food tends to be low on heat, so I figured that was intentional. The Indian kofta curry that I make has more heat and other stuff. 

I liked the taste of this though. Looking forward to digging into it. 

Edit - Wishing you and yours a terrific year ahead as well, Gary

JohnInCarolina

I'm drooling.

nolaegghead

Aspiring 

smokingal

Looks delicious.  That would make for a unique meatball sub.

lkapigian

Another one of my favorites growing up albeit Armenian Kufteh is stuffed ...yours looks killer

caliking

smokingal said:

Looks delicious.  That would make for a unique meatball sub.

I think it would indeed. Or at the least, some crusty bread to dunk in it. 

caliking

lkapigian said:

Another one of my favorites growing up albeit Armenian Kufteh is stuffed ...yours looks killer

Indian kofta is also often stuffed. But I'm too lazy for the fancier version 

lkapigian

caliking said:

lkapigian said:

Another one of my favorites growing up albeit Armenian Kufteh is stuffed ...yours looks killer

Indian kofta is also often stuffed. But I'm too lazy for the fancier version 

@caliking does your stuffed have Bulgar in the outer shell ?

The Cen-Tex Smoker

“If I ever give you a recipe that does not include a $hit ton of garlic, I either forgot or I am lying to you”- Caliking circa 2017

northGAcock

Saw this earlier on the back pocket talk thing.....had another look on the big screen. Dem is some great lookin meatballs right there. Happy New Year to ya.

caliking

lkapigian said:

caliking said:

lkapigian said:

Another one of my favorites growing up albeit Armenian Kufteh is stuffed ...yours looks killer

Indian kofta is also often stuffed. But I'm too lazy for the fancier version 

@caliking does your stuffed have Bulgar in the outer shell ?

Not usually. Pakistani kofta curry is usually meatballs in sauce, but Indian kofta curry can be meatballs (usually ground goat),  or vegetarian (cabbage, potato, paneer, spinach or some combination). They're all pretty darn tasty though!

caliking

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

“If I ever give you a recipe that does not include a $hit ton of garlic, I either forgot or I am lying to you”- Caliking circa 2017

This holds true for my recipes . I was pained by the lack of garlic in this recipe, but was trying to stick to the original recipe to see how it turned out. Its for sure gonna have the "appropriate" amount of garlic next time.

caliking

northGAcock said:

Saw this earlier on the back pocket talk thing.....had another look on the big screen. Dem is some great lookin meatballs right there. Happy New Year to ya.

Back at ya, Robin. Hope y'all  have a wonderful 2020.  

Mattman3969

Looks great but I’m anxiously awaiting the final taste test verdict.   I’m sure it will be over the top

SciAggie

That looks incredible. 

NPHuskerFL

Ashish!