Sour Soup with Meat Balls

• 2 qts/2 l water
• 0.5 qt/0,5 l borsh
• 1 lb/500 g tomatoes
• 1 small carrot
• 1 small parsley root
• 1 onion
• salt
• chopped parsley and dill

For Meatballs:

• 1 lb/500 g beef
• 1 tablespoon rice
• 1 egg
• 1 chopped onion fried in 1/2 tablespoon oil
• salt
• pepper

Set to boil, finely chopped onion, carrot, and parsley root together with the beef bones. Let boil well, and then add the separately boiled borsh, salt, chopped greens and the separately boiled and strained tomatoes. 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. Let the meat balls boil. You may serve with a tablespoon of sour cream in each bowl.