Meat Dumplings in Tomato Sauce with Chickpeas

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Meatball mix

1. 1
   Mix the ground meat with the onion, parsley, cumin, salt and black pepper until evenly combined.
2. 2
   With wet hands, shape patties the size of golf ball.

   💡Wet hands don't stick to the mixture, and the patties come out smooth and even.

To assemble

1. 3
   In a bowl, mix the tomatoes, olive oil, garlic and paprika.

   ⚙ Pan-fryingStoveFrying pan
2. 4
   Add and fry 3 minutes, until the peppers soften.

   ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove

   💡Add by cooking time: what needs long (onion, carrot, meat) goes in first, and what burns fast (garlic, dry spices) goes in last, only until fragrant.
3. 5
   Add the paprika and stir about a minute, until fragrant.

   ⚙ SimmeringStove

   💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.
4. 6
   Combine the meatballs, the sauce and the hummus in the pot. Turn down the heat, cover and simmer 25 minutes, until the meatballs are cooked and the sauce thickens.

   ⚙ SimmeringStovePotLid

   💡Drop the meatballs into boiling sauce and don't stir at first: that way they firm up and keep their shape.