Lady Thigh Meatballs is a local Turkish beef dish with a blend of spices. It is different from other beef meatballs with its inclusion of cooked rice as an essential ingredient. So it becomes a great idea to make lady thigh meatballs whenever you have leftover rice. And also it has a unique way of mixing both the fried meat with the raw meat. Here is the ingredients and instructions on how to make kadin budu kofte step-by-step.
Ingredients:
1/2 kg ground meat, 2 onions, 2 cloves garlic, 1 egg, 1 cup of bread crumbs, 1/2 teaspoon blackpepper, 1 teaspoon of cumin, 1 cup of cooked rice, 1/2 bunch of parsley.
How to Make Lady Thigh Meatballs:
1- Chop the onion into small pieces.
2- Fry the chopped onion in a pan.
3- When the onions are softened, add the ground meat and fry them together.
4- Add garlic, salt, pepper, cumin, allspice and chopped parsley in a mixing bowl and mix.
5- Add the other half of the ground meat and mix all well.
6- Now you can add the fried meat to this raw meat mixture. Mix them all.
6- Beat the egg in a seperate bowl.
7- Make the bread crumbs readily available in a plate near the bowl.
8-Take out nearly a big egg size pieces from the mixture and form into an oval ball shape with your hands and flatten each side with your palms.
9- Than dip each pattie first into egg and then into bread crumps.
10- Heat one cup vegetable oil in a pan over medium heat.
9- Fry the patties on each sides until lightly browned.
10- Place on paper towel to drain excess oil.
11- Lady’s thigh meatballs are best served along with mashed potatoes.
12- Enjoy your kadin budu kofte or lady thigh meatballs for the following few days.
