Delicious meatballs with vegetable stew! You don’t need a garnish!

We present to you a recipe for meatballs with delicious, aromatic and filling vegetables. The flavorful and low-fat vegetable meatballs are a great choice for a family lunch or dinner. For such a dinner there is no need to prepare side dishes, which will save time spent in the kitchen.

ingredients

– 500 g of minced beef

– 50 g of breadcrumbs

– 2 tomatoes

– 1 bell pepper

– 1 teaspoon of rosemary

– 200 g of green peas

– 550 ml of water

– 2 tablespoons of butter

– 1 spoon of sugar

– ground black pepper

– 1 or

– 2 onions

– 1 carrot

– 2 cloves of garlic

– 1 teaspoon of basil

– 4 g of saffron

– 1 bunch of parsley

– oil

– flour, salt

Method of preparation

1. First prepare the meatballs. Chop an onion in the food processor. Add the onion to the minced meat. Sprinkle with salt and ground black pepper. Add 50 ml of water and mix.

2. Add breadcrumbs and egg. Stir. Form the minced meat into walnut-sized patties and roll them in flour.

3. Fry the meatballs in a pan with hot oil until they acquire a golden hue.

4. Melt the butter in a pan and fry a chopped onion until transparent.

5. Add the carrot and pepper to the onion. Fry the vegetables until they soften. Add the grated tomatoes, 500 ml of water (warm or boiled). Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Add the sugar, rosemary, basil, grated garlic and mix. Let it start to boil. Cover the vegetables with a lid and cook for 30 minutes on low heat.

6. Add the meatballs to the vegetables and cook the stew for another 10 minutes.

7. Add the green peas, saffron (or turmeric) and boil for another 10 minutes.

8. Add the chopped parsley and take the stew off the heat.

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