KOUPES

Ingredients:
~ 2 cups of bulgur wheat
~ 2 1/2 cups of water
~ 1/2 a tsp of salt
~ Corn oil for frying

~ Filling Ingredients:
~ 1/2 a kilo of minced pork
~ 3 large onions finely chopped
~ 1/4 bunch of parsley finely chopped
~ Corn oil for frying
~ Salt and plenty of pepper
   

~ Pour the water in a saucepan, add the salt and bring to boil.
~ Add to the boiling water the bulgur, remove from the heat and set aside until is completely
cold.
~ In the meantime sauté the chopped onions until they are soft.
~ Add the minced meat and salt and pepper.
~ Simmer until is cooked, adding the chopped parsley towards the end of cooking.
~ Once the minced meat is cooked, remove from the heat and drain the excess oil.
~ Once the bulgur mixture is completely cold, knead well.
~ Take some bulgur mixture, (Depending on how big you want to make your Koupes) knead in
your hands and shape into a ball.
~ Using your thumb, form an opening in the center of the ball mixture and work it until you form
a tube with thin walls.
~ Wet your hands occasionally with water when forming the bulgur tubes.
~ Some people use a little stick the thickness of your thumb to form the tube.
~ Either way you decide to use will serve the purpose of making a tube with thin walls.
~ Making sure one end of the tube is close, fill the tube with the minced meat mixture, using the
handle of a teaspoon to stuff it to the end.
~ Once the bulgur tube is filled, close the other end by just pinching the walls.
~ Fry the Koupes (Bulgur & Minced Meat Croquettes) in plenty of hot oil, a few at a time
until they are golden brown allover.
~ Remove from the hot oil and place on a kitchen paper towel to drain any excess oil.
~ Koupes (Bulgur & Minced Meat Croquettes) are served hot and they can be eaten as a snack
or as an appetizer.
~ Koupes (Bulgur & Minced Meat Croquettes) are very popular in Cyprus and especially at
festivals wherever they happen to be.
~ Good luck and good eating.

~ Note:
~ Koupes can be made vegetarian, by replacing the minced meat with mushrooms and other
vegetables of choice finely chopped.  
 

KUPES OD TONJA
1 casa bulgur, 1 I pol casa voda, 1-2 jajca, sol (cimet), se polni so meleno I przeno svinsko