Kyufta Bozbash

Name: Kyufta Bozbash
Total time: 3 h 20 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: beef — 300 г; chickpeas — 100 г; ground beef — 500 г; mint — 1 ч. л.; onion — 2 шт; potatoes — 5 шт; prunes — 6 шт; rice — 30 г; turmeric — 1/2 ч. л.; black pepper — по вкусу; salt — по вкусу; water — 2,5 л

International cuisine

Editorial 3 h 20 min 5 servings

Ninja 69 kcal/100 g updated November 13

A hearty Azerbaijani soup with large meatballs with a prune hidden inside. Chickpeas and whole potatoes cook in the broth.

Method

Soak the chickpeas in advance for 8–10 hours, then boil them in water for about 1 hour until half-cooked.
Cover the beef with 2 L of water, bring to a boil, skim the foam and simmer for 1 hour. Add the chickpeas and half of the onion and cook for 30 more minutes.
Finely chop the remaining onion and mix it with the ground meat, rinsed rice, mint, salt and black pepper.
Shape 5–6 large balls and place a prune in the middle of each one.
Remove the onion from the broth, lower in the meatballs, add the turmeric and simmer over low heat for 25 minutes.
Add the peeled whole potatoes to the soup and cook for 15–20 minutes until soft.
Serve hot, cutting the potato open in the bowl. Sprinkle the soup with dried mint.