Turkish Lentil Balls ( Mercimek köftesi )
Delicious recipe
Equipment
- Pot
- Pan
- bowl
- Knife
- Spoon
Ingredients
- 2 glasses of lentil
- 4 glasses of boiled water
- 1.5 glasses of five bulgur
- 1 glass of oil
- 2 onions
- 2 spoon tomato paste
- 2 spoon pepper paste
- 2 lemon juice
- salt
- ground black pepper
- ground red pepper
- cumin
- 5 scallion
- parsley
Instructions
- Firstly , put the lentil in a pot and add 4 glasses of boiled water and boil it
- Add the bulgur and stir them and close the lid of the pot , wait it 30 minutes
- Put oil in a pan and chop the onions and add on the oil and brown them
- Add tomato paste and pepper paste in the pan and brown them
- Pour the boiled lentil and bulgur in a bowl and tomato paste mixture and stir them well
- Add 2 lemon juice and spices and stir again
- Chop the scallion and parsley and add them in the mixture and knead them well
- Shape them into meatballs
- Put the lettuce in a plate and put the lentil balls on it , you can decorate with lemon slice