Meatballs in Tomato Sauce (Tefteli) - Russian Food - Тефтели в томатном соусе

Hi guys, welcome to Ali's Yummy Food and today I'll show you a very delicious recipe. It's called Tiftili and what it means is meatballs in tomato sauce that are stewed over half an hour, maybe longer, so they become very, very tender. And actual meatballs got a bit of rice inside, so it's very, very filling, very delicious and quick dinner. The first thing we're going to do is get a large bowl, place all the meat. I'm using minced pork and minced beef. Now can you just use beef as well if you want to? And we're using quite a lot because it's going to be a big dinner. So put all the meat in here. Then we're going to put all the rice, two eggs, and we're going to add about a tablespoon of sour cream. And I've got some mixed Italian herbs. You don't have to use them, but I do really like them. They add a bit of flavor. And of course salt and pepper. I also like to add a bit of garlic salt, so that gives that flavor. And we're gonna add some grated carrot, just one, and one grated onion. Next thing you know we're gonna have to mix it all with our bare hands. Hands. The next thing we're going to do is our tomato sauce. So the first thing we're going to melt some butter and we're going to add our carrots and onions just to sweat it down a little bit to give it more flavor. You can see my carrots been sweating down with onions. The next thing we're going to do we're going to add tomato puree. So I've got a good tablespoon and a half here. Just going to mix that in and now I'm going to add flour and we want to coat all the vegetables making sure it's all mixed in as well. The next thing we're going to do, we're going to add one can of chopped tomatoes. And I'm using about two to three bay leaves, just to give it a good mix. Once that's mixed in, I'm going to add just a bit of water to make it a bit loose. You can see the beautiful golden red colours. Looks delicious already. Lastly, we're going to add a bit of salt and pepper. And also I like to add one tablespoon of sugar. Tomatoes are quite sour so you want to kind of make it equal that way it's not going to be too sour and obviously it's not going to be sweet but we want that sweetness coming from the sauce and we're gonna add a lot more water about halfway through and simmer it for about a good half an hour. While our sauce is simmering I'm going to fry my meatballs and I've put some butter and oil in here that just to give it really nice colour and we want the pan to be really really hot like that. You can see here I've formed them into nice big balls and we're gonna just take one each put them in there. We want to give them really nice brown colour on both sides and then we're gonna put them into our sauce to cook them for about half an hour. Got everything sizzling away, cutlets starting to smell really really nice and as you can see we're turning them around and they have this beautiful golden brown colour and that's just delicious. Once your first batch of cutlets is done, all we're going to do next is just take the pan and transfer them really slowly. You can see they're golden on both colours now and we'll throw them right into the pan at the very bottom. Because the rice isn't cooked We're gonna slow cook it for 30 to 60 minutes with the sauce and obviously put all all the cutlets inside. Okay, all nice and done. What I'm gonna do now, just cover them with the lid and let them simmer for a good half an hour to 40 minutes, depending how you like them. We'll check on them in a bit. So the moment we've been all waiting for, my meatballs are done. And they just look so delicious. You can see that the rice puffed up. I can't really show it, but just to show you like this. Oh, look at that. So I've got a nice serving plate. So now what I'm going to do is just put a few cutlets or two filets into the bowl. You can serve it with mashed potato, with more rice if you like. Whatever you want, really. Put another one in there. And then we're just going to scoop that sauce. And pour all over it. Here you go. Look at that. You want some? Awesome. Mmm. So good. I actually took a spoon because I'm going to try it with a bit of sauce. It's still really, really hot. I just can't wait. Wow. That is so, so good. So I'll try a little bit more. That meat is so soft. You can really feel the rice, which makes it even softer. I can feel all the spices. If you have parsley, you would feel that as well. And the tomato sauce is quite, it's a bit more salty than actual meatballs, so it adds the flavor to it. Mm, that is just. You have to go and make this now and it's very very easy, really quick. You can make a big pot of it like I'm doing it now and I'm gonna have it for dinner for the next two days. Thank you so much guys for spending some time with me in my kitchen. I hope to see you all next week. If you like the video please give me thumbs up and share and subscribe. Bye!