Meatballs with Rice

Serves:	4
Recipe Type:	Non Veg.
Preparation Time:	15 M
Cooking Time:	60 M
Difficulty:	Easy

Ingredients:

• ½ kg Beef (ground)
• 1 tsp Cumin
• 1 tsp Paprika
• 1 tsp Cinnamon (optional)
• Salt to taste
• Pepper to taste
• 1 cup Long Grain Rice
• ½ cup Butter
• 1 large Onion (finely chopped)
• 2 Garlic Cloves (finely chopped)
• 3 tbsp Parsley (chopped)
• 5 Saffron Threads (crushed)
• ½ tsp Moroccan Yellow Colorant
• 2 cups Chicken Stock
• 2 cups Water
• 1 tsp Vinegar

Cooking Instructions:

• Take beef with cumin, paprika, cinnamon, salt, pepper in a bowl and mix it well.
• Put in 2/3 cup rice and blend it. Shape the mixture into medium size balls.
• Heat butter in a pan and shallow fry the onion with garlic for 2-3 min. Pour into meat balls and fry them until it is brown on all sides.
• Side the meatballs in a pan and place a cup of rice with parsley, saffron, turmeric, salt & pepper in the center of pan.
• Pour into chicken stock with water and get it to boil. Then cook it covered on low flame until rice is cooked and gravy is condensed.
• In the middle of cooking, mix the rice with meatballs and continue cooking.
• Mix in vinegar before last 10 min of cooking and serve it hot.