keftédes

Meatballs, roughly big ones, κεφτές (keftés), medium sized ones, κεφτέδες (keftédes) and small κεφτεδάκια (keftedákia).

In Cyprus, they tend to be made of ground pork and grated potato, mint and cinnamon while in Greece the typical meatball is made with beef, bread, egg, milk, and seasoned with garlic and oregano.

Probably the most popular meatball dish is soutzoukákia, but you can also find them in an avgolémeno soup, yuvarlákia, but there are dozens of versions: baked, fried, barbecued, stuffed in pita bread, along with the tiny ones stuck with a toothpick, as part of a plate of nibbles, or μεζεδάκια (mezedákia) served with drinks

Keftédes also means croquettes, as in kolokythokeftédes or ntomatokeftédes.