Yellow Split Pea Meatballs - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb extra lean ground sirloin
3/4 cup dried yellow split peas
15 medium sized shallots
cumin
turmeric
coriander
salt
pepper
olive oil

Preparation

Add water, salt, pepper, cumin, tumeric and coriander to the yellow split peas and start cooking them on the stove.
While they are cooking, finely chop 10 of the shallots.
When split peas are softened, drain, and smash them up with a tablespoon.
Mix meat, shallots, split peas, spices (according to your preference on the amount of each) in a bowl with your hands.
Pour enough olive oil just to cover the bottom of a large sauce pot adding a few more shakes of all the above spices.
Add 3 sliced shallots to the bottom of the pan.
Place loosely packed meatballs on top of the shallots.
Finish by adding the remaining sliced shallots on top of the meatballs.
Cover and cook 1 hour.