Meatballs in tomato sauce - Hungarian version

This meal is very popular in  Hungary. It's great for kids too, they like it. Delicious, easy to cook and can also be stored in a freezer.

Ingredients: 6 serves


For the meatballs:
750 g minced pork meat
150 g rice
2 tsp salt
grounded black pepper
1 onion 30 g (egg size)
1 tbsp grounded paprika (red pepper)
1 egg

For the sauce:
4 tbsp all purpose flour (80 g)
750 ml dense tomato juice or 150 g tomato purée + water
1/2 tsp salt
100 g sugar
1 strand of celery green
2 slices of green pepper

Method:

1. Wash the rice and cook in boiling hot water in 5 minutes. Filter and cool.
2. Peel the onion and chop it very finely.
3. Take a bowl. Put in the meat, add egg, salt, grounded pepper, paprika, chopped onion, and mix them together well.
4. Finally add the rice too and mix.
5. Shape a piece of the mixture into a ball (approx size double eggs)
6. To cook the meatballs boil the 750 ml tomato juice, add celery, salt and 2 slices of green pepper. Put the meatballs into hot juice. Boiling them  in 30 minutes.
7. Remove the meatballs to a bowl. Throw the celery and green pepper off.
8. Stir the flour with a little water smoothly in a cup. Pour it into the tomato sauce and boil it for 3 minutes. Add the sugar too, boil with it still 1 minutes. Power off the heating.
9. Place the meatballs to the sauce.

This food usually serving with diced cooked potato or only with slice of bread.