Pork Meatball Soup (Ciorba De Perisoare) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 liters water
1 lb ground pork
1 cup vegetable stock
1 1/2 onions
2 carrots
2 stalks celery
2 zucchini
1 cup lemon juice
1/3 cup flour
1/2 freshly chopped parsley
1 tablespoon freshly chopped dill
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons pepper
1 teaspoon chili powder

Preparation

Place ground pork in a bowl and add 1/2 cup chopped onion.
Add flour, dill, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp pepper, 1 tsp chili powder and mix into meat.
After mixing well, shape meat into small balls.
Bring water to a boil in a large pot.
Add meatballs and vegetable stock and turn heat down to medium. Boil for about 1 and 1/2 hours or until meatballs are no longer pink inside.
Add chopped celery, carrots, lemon juice, 1 cup chopped onion, and zucchini and cook an additional 30 minutes.
Turn off heat and add chopped parsley. Serve with a spoon of sour cream.