Hubby's spiced meatballs from Eating Out Loud: Bold Middle Eastern Flavors for All Day, Every Day (page 212) by Eden Grinshpan

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  • sharon_olniyq on March 12, 2026

    Loved the flavors! I reduced the pitas to 1 1/2 and that worked just as well, my pitas were also extra fluffy.

  • averythingcooks on May 31, 2025

    We thought the meatballs were the highlight here (so soft & flavourful), oven roasted to just under, then finished in the simmering sauce. And while we did enjoy the sauce, for us, everything together seemed a little "paprika heavy". For 1/2, I used only 1 pita as she equates a pita to a slice of bread & the pita I pulled out was much larger than that. I will use the "milk soaked pita in the meatballs" idea again for sure.

  • jenmacgregor18 on December 22, 2022

    This was quite good. The meatballs were very tender. And there is a lot of delicious sauce, which we served with rice. I didn't have pita, so I subbed 1 cup of panko. My cilantro bunches were enormous, so I used about 2/3rds of 1 bunch. To form the meatballs, I used a 1/4 cup measure with very generous scoops. I ended up with 12 good-sized meatballs. Topping this with Tia Lupita hot sauce made this perfect for me.

  • quiltergirl1960 on May 21, 2022

    Made this last night. Fabulous! When I make it again, I will make the meatballs smaller (as using her measurement meant we only had 8 meatballs). It would be a great way to use up leftover pita bread. But the sauce? It's so good by itself that I wonder if you even need the meatballs!

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