Meat Dumpling Soup

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Meatball mix

1. 1
   Mix the ground meat with the onion, garlic, cumin, paprika, rice, salt and black pepper until evenly combined.
2. 2
   With wet hands, shape patties the size of a walnut.

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

For the Fried onion

1. 3
   Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat.

   ⚙ Pan-fryingStoveLarge pot
2. 4
   Add the onion and fry 5 minutes, stirring now and then, until the onion is soft and translucent and starts to turn golden at the edges. If it browns too fast, lower the heat.

   ⚙ 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 garlic and fry about 30 seconds to 1 minute, just until fragrant. Don't let the garlic brown.

   ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove

   💡Garlic burns quickly and turns bitter. Add it only after the onion has softened, over medium heat, and add the next ingredient as soon as it smells fragrant.

To assemble

1. 6
   Add the turmeric and cumin and stir for a minute, until fragrant.
2. 7
   Add the tomatoes and carrot and cook 5 minutes.

   Stove
3. 8
   Add the water and bring to a boil.

   Stove
4. 9
   Carefully drop the meatballs into the boiling soup.
5. 10
   Turn down the heat, cover and simmer 40–45 minutes.

   ⚙ SimmeringStoveLid

   💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.
6. 11
   Season with salt and black pepper, taste and adjust.
7. 12
   Sprinkle the parsley on top and serve.