Meatballs with vegetable yogurt from Israel

These great-tasting meatballs with plant-based yogurt are the perfect craving-busting snacks!

Thanks to the sophisticated combination of aromatic spices, the juicy consistency of the balls and the creamy yogurt, a feast of flavors opens up in your mouth. A perfect example of ingenious Israeli cuisine with its refined spices and good and healthy ingredients. Thanks to its accessibility and wide range of dishes, it has made its way into our hearts – and into the hearts of cook author Claudia Roden.

She dedicated her cookbook “Mediterranean cuisine” to this cuisine and other culinary regions of the Mediterranean. Be inspired by her – and our selection of spicy delicacies:

One basic recipe, many possibilities: Our meatballs with vegetable yogurt

You can modify these meatballs according to your wishes and use, for example, other types of minced meat. Lamb is traditionally used in Israel. This is a little more expensive, but even tastier and nicer. If you eat vegan like our editor, you can easily use vegan minced meat thanks to the many alternatives. You’ll probably taste just as good thanks to the tantalizing spices in our recipe. Try it yourself!

Meatballs with vegetable yogurt also go well with a piece of homemade flatbread if you are not hungry. And if you want to try your way through different flavors, serve another sauce with vegetable yogurt. What do you think of, for example, our spicy zhug or one of our different hummus varieties?

Israeli meatballs with vegetable yogurt

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Treat yourself to these spicy and juicy meatballs with vegetable yogurt and taste refined Israeli cuisine!

preparation

1. Wash and chop the figs. Peel the onion and garlic and finely chop both. Wash, shake and also finely chop the parsley. Mix all ingredients with minced meat and spices in a bowl. Form twelve small balls from it.

2. Heat the oil in a pan and fry the meatballs on all sides until they are golden brown. During the dipping time, wash, shake and finely chop the herbs and mix with yogurt. Season with salt and pepper and serve with ready-made meatballs.