Anchovy Balls
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At this video, we will share a regional recipe with you.
It is belong to Ordu City. And it is called as Anchovy Balls.
Let's check the ingredients list.
Net 1.10 pounds cleaned anchovy
1 onion
1 egg
2 garlic cloves
1/3 cup bread crumbs
1 tbsp corn flour
1 tsp cumin or spice mixture for meatballs
Half bunch parsley
1 tsp salt
For frying: Vegetable oil and corn flour
Now we are starting to prepare the meal, by dicing the anchovies.
We are taking some of the anchovies and dicing them.
As we told, we need net(bones and heads removed) 1.10 pounds anchovy. So, you should buy about 2 pounds.
We are keeping on to dice them.
So, all of the anchovies diced now.
You can blend them also, however you want.
Now, we are adding the other ingredients in it.
1 egg..
..salt..
..1 tbsp corn flour..
..1 tsp cumin or spice mixture for meatballs..
..1/3 cup bread crumbs..
..grated onion..
..crushed 2 garlic cloves.
We are kneading it for a while.
Then, we are going to slice the parsley and add into the mixture.
We have kneaded the mixture for about 5 minutes.
We are slicing the parsley very finely.
We are adding the parsley into the mixture.
We are kneading the mixture for a while, until the parsley lays in the mixture homogenously.
It is advised to refrigerate it for half an hour, after kneading.
If you do not have time, you can fry them without refrigerating also.
Refrigerating time is over. We can fry it.
We are pouring some oil into the skillet over the heat.
The oil level must not be too deep.
When the oil becomes hotter over the heat, we will shape the balls.
We are shaping them as patties.
We are covering them with corn flour.
We want the oil hotter.
The oil is ready for frying.
We are removing the extra corn flour around the patties and placing them into the skillet.
We are frying both sides of the patties.
It is advised to make the oil very hot for frying.
We are placing the fried patties into the service plate.
Using paper towel is advised to remove the extra oil in the patties.
At this video, we have shared a meatballs recipe with you.
It is belong to Ordu City, Black Sea Region.
I hope that, you will like it.
Good Apetite! Afiyet Olsun!