The dish is very popular in the East of Turkey, especially in the South-East. For example, in the city of Urfa, there are the burgers - a whole holiday. People gather in large groups, families, invited folk musicians, singing songs and watching, sometimes up to 3 hours as one of the men, prepares the burgers. These meatballs knead only men, as there is a great strength and endurance. Male kneads for hours, and his assistant cloth wipes the sweat from his forehead. But every Turk is honored to do such a meal. Someone knead half an hour, one hour, and someone 2 or even 3 hours!!! While Turkish man kneads chops, I will tell you the history of these cutlets. How did the Chia Spice (raw meatballs), Bulgur, pepper, greens, meat of ROE deer is, nooooo fire no!!! St. Abraham (Ibrahim) broke all the idols of King Nemrut and urged the people to believe in one God (Allah). King Nemrut was very angry and ordered to burn the Saint Ibrahim in the fire. The servants began to gather from all around wood for a big fire. Nemrut announce that he wants all the wood around, and forbidden to cook food on a fire. None of the house had no wood. In those days there was a hunter from the city of Urfa (it is in the South-East of Turkey). Brings hunting man deer and asks to cook the wife dinner, the woman explains all the wood was taken away by the king, in the house not even a twig!!! Children and hunter-husband left hungry, wife is looking for a way out of this difficult situation and here it is!!! Cuts from the legs of deer pure without fat a piece of meat, puts it on a rock and another rock knocks out his stuffing. Mix raw ground beef, bulgur, pepper and salt. Runs into the garden, there is green onion, parsley and also adds to the meat. Thoroughly mixed, form raw patties and brings to the table. And the new dish had to taste all the family!!! So any favorite Vlado Turks - Chii spice (raw meatballs). Since that time it's been 4000 years, but this dish walks day-to-day together with the Turkish people!!!

For us, the people who are not accustomed to this dish with raw meat, it's strange to eat like the Turks strange to eat the herring (for them it's raw fish!!) We explain that the herring salted, and the Turks I explain that the stuffing is kept in the freezer, and there is no need to worry. Although in the old days there were no frozen foods, and raw burgers were... Well, okay!! In short, it is a matter of habit, besides the Turks, too, not everyone likes raw meat and cooked just Bulgaria burgers without meat. But I offer you now the original, with meat, and very spicy meatballs, and you decide to add so much pepper or to make it more "calm" burgers.

0.5 kg of beef (clean, with no fat and the white veins; the ground beef keep in the freezer 1-2 days) 2 cups fine bulgur 2 tbsp pepper paste 1 onion 3-4 tooth. garlic 4 tsp red pepper (flakes-pul biber) 2 tsp of kimyon (cumin - ground cumin) 2 tbsp olive oil 0.5 Cup walnuts (optional) lemon juice or pomegranate sauce chopped parsley and green onions, lettuce (optional) salt First the onion and garlic to RUB on a grater, add the pepper paste, red pepper, (butter, kimyon, nuts is optional, not required), add the beef and knead well together. Add the bulgur and knead for at least 30 minutes. Add salt to taste. Slice thinly the green onion, lettuce and parsley, add and again knead for 5-10 minutes, but you can't add the greens and make a salad. Formed as the photo - clenched in the palm of patties (wetting hands in lemon water, so it's easier to mold) and start lettuce: 10 pieces green onions a bunch of parsley 5 tbsp of sumac (barberry) optional 1 lemon olive oil Finely chop the onion and parsley, sprinkle with sumac, add the lemon juice, olive oil.

Serve with salad leaves and lemon wedges, or salad. Eat this: on a lettuce leaf, put the meat on top of squeeze a wedge of lemon juice, close the sheet and eat!! Or just meatballs with salad! Mmmmmmmmmm!! Vkusnota!!

Very often the tray with ribbed bottom, which helps to grind the meat. However, you can find vegetarian Chia spice, no meat. The taste is slightly different, but, in principle, a General impression can be obtained. The Chia Spice (without meat) 2 cups fine bulgur 1 Cup boiling water 1 onion 1/2 spoons tomato paste 1/2 spoon pepper paste 2-3 tooth. garlic pepper 4-5 tablespoons oil (preferably olive) 1 lemon green salad (marul) parsley Bulgur pour kipyatkom and leave for 5 minutes. Onions and garlic are grated, tomato and pepper paste, oil, lemon juice, pepper - all this added to bulgur and knead well (about 20-30 minutes). Finely chop the lettuce and parsley, add and mix again. And forming, clenched in the palm, patties (wetting hands in lemon water, so it's easier to sculpt). Serve with salad leaves and lemon wedges. Eat this: on a lettuce leaf, put the meat on top of squeeze a wedge of lemon juice, close the sheet and eat!! Mmmmmmmmmm!! Vkusnota!!