Sour Soup with Meat Balls

Description
In Romanian: Bors cu perisoare

Ingredients

 * 2 qts / 2 l water
 * ½ qt / 0,5 l borscht
 * 1 lb / 500 g tomatoes
 * 1 small carrot
 * 1 small parsley root
 * 1 onion
 * salt
 * chopped parsley and dill

Meat balls

 * 1 lb / 500 g beef
 * 1 tablespoon rice
 * 1 egg
 * 1 chopped onion fried in ½ tablespoon oil
 * salt
 * pepper

Directions

 * 1) Set to boil, finely chopped onion, carrot, and parsley root together with the beef bones.
 * 2) Let boil well, and then add the separately boiled borscht, salt, chopped greens and the separately boiled and strained tomatoes.
 * 3) Let boil for a few minutes and then add the meat balls prepared by mixing the ground meat with the salt, pepper, egg, fried onion and rice.
 * 4) Let the meat balls boil.
 * 5) You may serve with a tablespoon of sour cream in each bowl.