Lahanodolmades: Hearty Greek Cabbage Rolls with Avgolemono Sauce vs Kadınbudu Köfte (Lady's Thigh Meatballs)

Both dishes pair meat with rice, onion and parsley, yet they head in opposite directions. The cabbage rolls wrap raw beef, rice, dill and tomato paste in blanched leaves, simmer them in chicken broth until very tender, then finish with a tangy avgolemono of eggs, lemon juice and hot broth. Kadınbudu köfte mixes partly browned meat with par-boiled rice, then dredges the patties in flour and egg and fries them in olive oil until golden. Here egg binds and coats; there it thickens a lemony sauce.