Turkish Lebeniye Soup (Meatballs And Chickpea Soup With Yogurt And Mint) - Turkish Food Recipes

Lebeniye Soup is a creamy Turkish yogurt soup that has tiny meatballs and chickpeas and rice in it and finished with a super delicious butter mint sauce. This soup is traditional mostly in the east side of Turkey and welcomed at all meals: breakfast, lunch or dinner. It is very healthy with combination of meat, chickpeas and yogurt.
Ingredients For Lebeniyah Soup (5-8 Serving size)
1 medium onion
250gr. ground beef
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
(Make a koftah with the ingredient and this yields for making two soups so you can shape and freze half of it for another time) or half the amount
3-4 tbsp olive oil or vegetable oil for frying the koftas
1/2 cup regular rice (type don't matter much but starchy is better)
4 cups hot boiling water and more as needed for the thickness
1 tsp salt
1 + 1/2 cups plain yogurt
2 tbsp plain all purpose flour
1 egg
For the mint butter sauce:
1 tbsp butter
1 tbsp mint
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