Yuvarlakia Explained

Yuvarlakia
Type:	Soup or stew
Country:	Greece
Creators:	-->
Main Ingredient:	Ground meat rice water meat broth
Cookbook:	Yurika
No Recipes:	true

Yuvarlakia or giouvarlakia (Greek, Modern (1453-);: γιουβαρλάκια^[1]) is a Greek dish with a name of Turkish origin (yuvarlak, meaning spherical); it consists of balls of ground meat, rice, and seasonings, cooked in a pot^[2] in water or meat broth.^[3] The mixture is similar to that used for making sarma.^{[4] [5]} They may be served in tomato or avgolemono sauce.^[1] Depending on the thickness of the sauce, it may be considered a soup or a stew.^[6]

See also

• List of meatball dishes

External links

• Recipe

Notes and References

1. [Dictionary of Common Modern Greek|Λεξικό της κοινής Νεοελληνικής]
2. [Georgios Babiniotis]
3. [Nikolaos Tselementes]
4. Book: Sutton, David E. . Secrets from the Greek Kitchen: Cooking, Skill, and Everyday Life on an Aegean Island . University of California Press .
5. News: Recipes . Fitchburg Sentinel. April 18, 1941 .
6. Book: Kefalides, Nicholas A. . Echoes from the cobblestones : a memoir . 2009 . iUniverse . 978-1-4401-4353-3 . New York . 39 . 610004512.