Meatballs with Egg and Lemon Sauce (Terbiyeli Kofte)

Ingredients

• 450 gr. minced beef
• 4 diced carrots
• 1/4 cup rice
• 4 diced potatoes
• salt and pepper
• 1 cup finely chopped parsley
• 1/2 cup flour
• 5 cups water
• 1 whole onion
• 2 tablespoons butter

Directions

Place meat into a bowl, then add rice, salt pepper and parsley. Knead well together. Wet palms and form walnut-sized meatballs. Put them into a bowl with flour, and shake until meatballs are coated with the
flour. Bring water to a boil, then add onion, butter, carrots and salt. Transfer meatballs gently into the boiling water. Add potatoes when
meatballs are half cooked. Simmer for about 1/2 hour on lowest possible heat until the meatballs are cooked. Remove from heat and discard the cooked onion.
To prepare the sauce: Ingredients: 2 eggs; and 4 tablespoons lemon juice.
Break the eggs into a bowl, then add lemon juice and beat the two together. Gradually add 4 tablespoons of broth from the meatballs. Stir once. The dish should have plenty of gravy.