Passover Kosher Meals! ☄Cook with us #4 - Mamas Kosher Matzo Meatballs🥘! Original recipe @cooknbake☄
Happy Holidays Everyone!!!
Mamas Kosher Matzo Meatballs!
@Cooknbake!
It's the Fourth week for the Cook with Us contest! A great contest hosted by the Cook with Us team : @chefsteve , @pandamama and @offoodandart with this theme being Italian/Easter/ a Passover dish.
For this weeks challenge I have been planning on making an Italian meal (which was the initial theme of the competition). But since there are two special holidays occurring this week - Easter and Passover, (as much as I LOOOOVE Italian food) I was so happy to hear that more options were added to this weeks theme such as a typical dish that you serve for Easter or Passover.
So, of course, Id like to take this opportunity and share the food we had on Friday for Passover and give a few recipe meal ideas for the 8 day holiday, since throughout these 8-days Jewish people do not eat any food that contains "leavening" ('chametz') (including pasta, cereal, wheat crackers and bread).
What and when is Pesach (Passover)?
Passover ('Pesach' in Hebrew) is a Jewish festival/holiday that commemorates the exodus of the Jews from slavery in Egypt. It is ultimately a celebration of freedom.
This year it commences on Friday, March 30th and ends on Saturday, April 7th (8 days in total).
The main event of the holiday is the SEDER, which means order. A festive meal is prepared and the story is told, food is eaten and songs are sung in a specific order. Children listen and dramatise the story, sing songs, say the blessings and make Pesach crafts in the weeks leading up to this holiday.
Why is it called Passover?
The jews were instructed to mark the doorposts of their homes with the blood of a slaughtered lamb and, upon seeing this, the spirit of the Lord knew to pass- over the first-born in these homes, hence the English name of the holiday (Source).
Why do we eat Matzo on Passover?
Below are a few Passover food ideas!
(which over the week I will be sharing their recipes)Delicious Matzo-Ball (kneidlach) Soup- An Ashkenazi Jewish soup-dumplings made from a mixture of matzah meal, eggs, water, and oil:
Hrayme- a traditional fish dish cooked in a thick spicy sauce based on oil, garlic, hot peppers and tomato paste:
Red Rice with Sweet Caramelized Onions:
And for this weeks challenge it's...
Mamas Kosher Matzo Meatballs!
Mamas Kosher Matzo Meatballs!
(Original Recipe @Cooknbake:)
Ingredients:
For the Meatballs:
500 grams minced beef
2 medium onions, finely chopped
1/2 cup fine matzo crumbs
Salt and black pepper to taste
3 tbsp oil
2 large onions, chopped
3 tbsp tomato paste
2 large tomatoes, grated
Salt and black pepper to taste
3 cups water (or more)
Method:
2-Roll meatballs to about the size of a ping pong ball
(tip: wet hands to prevent meat from sticking to them)
Add the chopped onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until golden brown, about 3 minutes.
4-Stir in the tomato paste, grated tomatoes and season with salt and pepper
(gradually add in a bit of water so that it wont stick to the pot/burn).
6-Add water gradually to cover the meatballs
Simple Recipes @Cooknbake :)
Hope you Liked!
Stay tuned for the upcoming recipes for this week!
- Red Rice with Sweet Caramelised Onions
- Hrayme
- Delicious Matso Soup
Once again, a big shout out to @chefsteve , @pandamama and @offoodandart for these fun contest themes!
Keep up the great work!
Have a great week!
Much Love ❤️
@Cooknbake
Simple recipes for any home :)
HAPPPYYYYY HOLIDAYS TO YOU ALLLLLLL!!!
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Wow... That looks great....meatballs gonna taste great as well.. 😋 😋.... First time I am hearing red rice... 😂.. Nice write sis..season greetings 👍👍
Hey dear @emmaculate! Glad to hear that you liked it😄 yes, almost allll our meals in our family are with rice on the side so to make it intresting we have such a great variety😄 red rice, yellow rice, brown rice etc... lol😃
Hope youre having a great holiday!! Seasons greetings to you too 🤗☄
Thanks for your entry and more importantly, thanks for sharing the stories about Passover. I'm glad to hear that the addition of the holiday themes worked out for you. It's helpful for our team to know these things.
Your matzo balls look delicious! The top (and last =D) photo makes me want to have some. It shows off the ingredients of the matzo balls and the thickened sauce with all the flavorful ingredients. Yumm!
Will check out your other Passover posts. I'm sure I'll learn new things up ahead.
Thank you @offoodandart! Its a bit challenging when you cant use any products containing leavens and the food certainly tastes different 😄 so a few delicious recipes could be useful for people keeping the kosher holiday:)
I appreciate your comment about the short stories about the holiday!
it was important for me to share the background of this special holiday so that peolpe can understand some of the jewish traditions and where they come from :)
Yumm looks delicious, do you have the link for the Matzo-Ball Soup?
Glad you like @tomekk! The Matzo ball soup is coming up very soon.. 😄 (working on it😉)
not nice to make me hungry like this LOL... this looks really good. I love from scratch meals.
Lol!! Glad you liked it!!
Wow, looks so delicious!!!... perhaps gonna try this. Thanks for sharing.
Happy to hear you liked it @mers!
If you want, instead of the matzo crumbs you can use breadcrumbs- its delicious!! We use the matzo crumbs only for the week of the holiday. Otherwise they taste great with breadcrumbs and the kids loooove it!!
Thank you for your comment! 🤗
Hi! That is worth trying... perhaps I´ll aso make it.. Thanks!
Just saw your comment @mers! Go give it a try! Tell me how it turned out🤗
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Thank you so much for sharing the passover story with everyone. The matzo meatballs look so savory and juicy in the tomato sauce. Pairing them with the caramelized onion rice will make for a satisfying meal! Thanks for showing some photos of the other passover dishes that you made. We look forward to reading about those too. Good luck this week!
So happy to hear you liked! 🤗 Yes, more coming soon ... working on it😄
Thank you @cookwithus!
Me love cookies like Cookie Monster hehe. Love the Momma Meatballs. I went to church and had a special dinner with friends for Passover on Friday. I think that was Passover. Thanks for sharing. I'm Oatmeal Joey Arnold. Happy Easter 2018.