If you are following this blog for a long time, you know how we -as Turkish people are crazy about bulgur. If you ever happen to read or hear about Turkish cuisine, you know bulgur has a great role in it. We love to have it in any form. I shared several recipes with bulgur here, and this one will be in the form of a winter soup. It contains bulgur balls as small as glass marbles, which kids love to play with. These bulgur balls are made from the dough we use in Stuffed Bulgur Kofte(icli kofte) and Balls With Garlic (sarmsakli kofte). You see we can make at least three different dishes based on the same bulgur dough. This soup is mostly known in the South of Turkey and it has varieties. Here is how we make soup of bulgur balls.
Topalak Corbasi
Ingredients
For the dough:
- 1 cup fine bulgur
- ½ cup semolina
- ½ cup flour
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp cumin
- ½ tsp paprika powder
- ½ tbsp pepper paste
- 1 ¾ cups water
For the soup:
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp pepper paste
- 1 tsp dried mint
- 4 cups water
- 1 cup meat broth
- ½ lemon, squeezed
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 cups bulgur balls
- ½ cup boiled chickpeas
Soak bulgur and semolina with a little water and wait about 15 minutes. Mix them with a spoon. Break an egg in it. Add pepper paste, salt and spices and mix. Add flour and the rest of water little by little. Now combine them with your hands and knead it a little until it’s not sticky. You can play with the amount of water and flour to have this consistency.
Make balls as small as hazelnut and put them in a tray. Don’t pile them up in a bowl and sprinkle little water with your hand over them so that they don’t stick one another. Put them aside.
Heat olive oil in a pot. Add pepper paste and dried mint, stir. Pour 3 cups water and 1 cup meat broth. Add lemon juice and boil it. Add bulgur balls and boiled chickpeas when it boils and cook about 20 minutes.
Serve hot.
11 Comments on "Soup Of Bulgur Balls"
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This is outstanding. I am so in love with this one.
I love noodles, dumplings, and matzoh balls…so I’m certain I’d enjoy your beautiful soup!
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These little balls look so delicious in the soup alongside the chickpeas. I love all your Turkish recipes.
Marvellous bulgar recipes- but what is ‘pepper paste’!?
What a beautiful soup! I have only used bulgur a few times but really loved it. I need to pick up some more
This is a perfect dish for our winter days. I love bulgur, thank you for sharing!
These look so tasty!
Wow! This is beautiful. I wish I had a bowl in front of me. Sorry I’ve been a bit absent lately. I’m try to get into the swing of a new work schedule. Please know that you and your blog are some of my favorite parts of the week. I hope you are having a delicious day!