Meatballs in tomato paste with rice in a frying pan

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make meatballs in tomato paste with rice in a frying pan? Prepare the specified ingredients. My minced meat is mixed - pork-chicken, you can take any one you like. The rice should be boiled until half cooked: to do this, rinse the rice, pour hot water, wait until the rice begins to boil (over medium heat) and turn off the heating; drain the water and rinse the rice. Spices can be taken any to taste.

2. Step 2:

   

   In a deep bowl, mix the selected minced meat, boiled rice, finely chopped onion (pre-peeled), one egg, salt, pepper and spices to taste. Knead everything very thoroughly with your hands until smooth.

3. Step 3:

   

   With wet hands, pinch off small pieces from the total mass of minced meat and roll them into small round meatballs, put them in a frying pan in which they will be cooked. It is better to choose a deep frying pan, with a non-stick coating, with a lid suitable in diameter.

5. Step 4:

   

   Peel the onion and carrot, wash and chop: grate the carrot on a coarse grater, cut the onion. Fry the carrots and onions until soft in a frying pan with oil. In a deep bowl, mix tomato paste, sugar, flour, salt, pepper and spices to taste, mix thoroughly. Add warm water and stir everything. Add the cooled fried onions and carrots to the tomato sauce and mix.

6. Step 5:

   

   Pour tomato sauce with vegetables over the meatballs. Add the bay leaf. Cover the pan with a lid and put it on a slow fire. As soon as the sauce boils, move the meatballs a little so that they do not burn. Cover the pan with a lid and simmer for 30 minutes until tender (vegetables are soft).

7. Step 6:

   

   Meatballs with tomato paste are ready in the pan. Serve them hot as an independent dish. Exclude spicy spices, such meatballs with rice are perfect for dietary and baby food.