
Sulu köfte is a
Turkish stew
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or thick
soup
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(
çorba
Chorba ( ; ) or shorba ( ; ) is a broad class of stews or rich soups found in national cuisines across the Middle East, Algeria, Maghreb, Iran, Turkey, Southeast Europe, Central Asia, East Africa and South Asia. It is often prepared with added in ...
) with
köfte
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, ...
. It consists of
meatball
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 m ...
s usually made with minced
beef
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, mixed with
rice
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or
bulgur
Bulgur (; ; ; ), or Borghol (), is a cracked wheat foodstuff found in Egyptian cuisine, South Asian cuisine and West Asian cuisine.
Characteristics
Bulgur is distinct from cracked wheat, which is crushed wheat grain that, unlike bulgur, has ...
,
onion
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and
spice
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s and boiled in their own
gravy
Gravy is a sauce made from the juices of meats and vegetables that run naturally during cooking and often thickened with thickeners for added texture. The gravy may be further coloured and flavoured with gravy salt (a mix of salt and caramel food ...
, with
tomato sauce
Tomato sauce (; ; ) can refer to many different sauces made primarily from tomatoes. In some countries the term refers to a sauce to be served as part of a dish, in others it is a condiment.
Tomatoes have a rich flavor, high water content, s ...
,
olive oil
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It is commonly used in cooking for frying foods, as a cond ...
and
Turkish red pepper paste.
A similar dish is called ''ekşili köfte''
or ''terbiyeli köfte'',
when made with
egg-lemon (''terbiye'') sauce
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.
See also
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Analı kızlı soup
Analı kızlı soup is a soup from Turkey (Adana, Tarsus, Gaziantep, Kahramanmaraş, Malatya) which includes meatballs, tomato, bulgur, and chickpeas. 'Analı kızlı' means, literally, 'with daughters and mothers', daughters being the chickpeas ...
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Harput meatballs
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Hochzeitssuppe
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Smyrna meatballs
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Yuvarlak
Yuvarlakia or giouvarlakia ( Λεξικό της κοινής Νεοελληνικής (''Dictionary of Common Modern Greek''), Ινστιτούτο Νεοελληνικών Σπουδών, Θεσσαλονίκη, 1998. ''s.v.''/ref>) is a Greek d ...
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Tabriz meatballs
Tabriz meatballs (), also known as koofteh Tabrizi, are a variety of Iranian meatballs from the city of Tabriz. The dish normally consists of a large meatball including rice, yellow split peas, herbs and other ingredients, and its juice which is s ...
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List of meatball dishes
A meatball is ground or minced meat rolled into a small 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 ...
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List of soups
This is a list of notable soups. Soups have been made since ancient times.
Some soups are served with large chunks of meat or vegetables left in the liquid, while others are served as a broth. A broth is a flavored liquid usually derived from ...
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List of stews
This is a list of notable stews. A stew is a combination of solid food ingredients that have been cooked in liquid and served in the resultant gravy. Ingredients in a stew can include any combination of vegetables, such as carrots, potatoes, bea ...
Notes and references
Turkish soups
Kofta
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