Dovga With Meat

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Dovga is a traditional Azerbaijan dish. This is pea soup with meatballs made from lamb. The soup is dressed with matsoni (Caucasian sour cream) and can be served both cold and hot.

Ingredients:

• 500 g lamb.
• 100 g onion.
• 700 g matsoni.
• 100 g rice.
• 75 g peas, soaked in water before cooking.
• 150 g sorrel.
• greens (cilantro, dill).
• spices.
• salt.

Method:

• Grind lamb with onion in a mincer, add salt and pepper.
• Knead mincemeat and shape small balls.
• Cook in broth soaked peas, until done.
• Then add rice, sorrel, greens and meatballs, matsoni and salt. Bring to boil and cook until done.