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Ćufte
A meatball is ground meat (mince) rolled into a ball, sometimes along with other ingredients, such as bread crumbs, minced onion, eggs, butter, and seasoning. Meatballs are cooked by frying, baking, steaming, or braising in sauce. There are many types of meatballs using different types of meats and spices. The term is sometimes extended to meatless versions based on legumes, vegetables, mushrooms, fish (also commonly known as fish balls) or other seafood. History The ancient Roman cookbook ''Apicius'' included many meatball-type recipes. Early recipes included in some of the earliest known Arabic cookbooks generally feature seasoned lamb rolled into orange-sized balls and glazed with egg yolk and sometimes saffron. '' Poume d'oranges'' is a gilded meatball dish from the Middle Ages. By region Various recipes of meatballs can be found across Europe and Asia. From Iberia and Sweden to the Indian subcontinent, there is a large variety of meatballs in the kofta family. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kofta
Kofta is a family of meatball or meatloaf dishes found in South Asian, Central Asian, Balkan, Middle Eastern, North African, and South Caucasian cuisines. In the simplest form, koftas consist of balls of minced meat—usually beef, chicken, lamb or mutton, camel, seldom pork, or a mixture—mixed with spices and sometimes other ingredients. The earliest known recipes are found in early Arab cookbooks and call for ground lamb. There are many national and regional variations. There are also vegetable and uncooked versions. Shapes vary and include balls, patties, and cylinders. Sizes typically vary from that of a golf ball to that of an orange. Etymology In English, ''kofta'' is a loanword borrowed from the Hindi-Urdu कोफ़्ता / and Persian ''kofta'' meaning ''pounded meat''. The earliest extant use of the word in the Urdu language is attested in Mulla Nusrati's ''ʿAlī Nāma'' (1665). It was first used in English in '' Qanoon-e-Islam'' (1832), and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
