Sour Vaccine

Ingredients:

• 150 grams of pounded meat
• 100 grams of minced meat
• 250 grams of İpek Fine Bulgur
• 1 leaf basil
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1 tablespoon semolina
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 tablespoons of pepper paste
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 2 onions
• 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil
• 6-7 sprigs of parsley
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 eggplant
• 2 tablespoons pomegranate syrup
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• One and a half cups of chickpeas
• 7 cups of water
• 2 teaspoons salt

Preparation:

Roast the minced meat until the water is absorbed. Add vegetable oil, salt, basil, black pepper, and finely chopped parsley and remove from the heat. For the dough for the meatballs, add pounded meat, cumin, salt, basil, semolina, flour, pepper, and tomato paste to the bulgur and knead it with water. Pick walnut-sized pieces with your hands and shape them into meatballs. Put the minced meat filling inside and close the mouth well. Peel the eggplants, slice them lengthwise, cut them into 5 cm pieces, and soak them in salted water. Fry the onion in oil until it turns pink, add the eggplants, and sauté with a little tomato paste. Add water, salt, sugar, pomegranate molasses, and chickpeas and boil until the eggplants are cooked. Add the meatballs and boiled chickpeas. Boil for 10 more minutes and remove from the heat. Prepare mint and red pepper sauce and serve. Bon appétit!