Koufteh

Ingredients:

1. Rice 3 cups
2. Ground beef or turkey 1 pound
3. Dry herbs (basil, tarragon, parsley, mint, dill and etc) 1 cup
4. Onion 1 large (grated)
5. Yellow split pea 1 cup (cooked) or baby lima bean 2 cups (cooked)
6. Turmeric 2 tsp
7. Cumin 2 tsp
8. Tomato paste 1 Tbsp
9. Oil 2 Tbsp
10. Salt 2 tsp

Directions:

Wash rice and boil it to half cooked and drain it (you may use about 6 cups leftover cooked rice instead if you have)
Combine all ingredients except oil and tomato paste mix well for a few minutes until it is well blended.
Make balls using the mixture (balls should be almost as big as a large orange)
Put them in the bottom of a pan, try the balls don not touch each other.
Mix tomato paste with 2 cups of water and 2 Tbsp of oil.
Put the pan on medium heat while it get warm pour your prepared liquid in pan try to don’t pour it over the balls directly.
When it start to boil turn heat to low and close the lid tight.
Let steam for about an hour and half.
You may need to add some water between cooking time.

Serve with or without bread
Enjoy!