Meatballs / Kadınbudu Köfte

In Turkish these type of meatballs are known as "Women's thighs meatballs/ kadınbudu köfte" probably because of their shape.
Great for a family dinner and best served with some mashed potatoes for the mild taste palette.
This was and still is one of my favourites from my mother's cooking...
Enjoy!

Preparation time: 15 mins
Cooking time: 20 mins
Serves:8

Ingredients:
-1 kg lean mince meat
-2 large onions
-2 teaspoons of salt
-1 teaspoon of black pepper
-1 teaspoon of sodium bicarbonate
-200 gr of white rice (approx. 2 water glasses)
-3 eggs (for frying)

Blend together all of the ingredients except for the eggs. Churn them into individual meatballs. These meatballs are pretty large each should fit  and fill up inside of your palm.

Boil some water in a large pan. Place the meatballs in the boiled water for the rice to swell up.

In the meantime, whisk up the 3 eggs in a separate bowl. Dip in each meatball to these eggs to coat all over.
Fry the meatballs in some olive oil.Turn sides carefully as the eggs will form trimmings all around the meatballs.

Insider tip: Heating up half of the mince meat before mixing up all of the ingredients reduces the cooking time by half.

Source: Buyukada Yemekleri by Selin Kutucular.