Meat Balls

A meat ball is a delicious combo of ground meat with some herbs, spices and bread crumbs. It is fried, baked or even steamed. There after dip them in a lovely sauce and you can serve them in bed with steamed rice; pasta or spaghetti. Here is a basic meatball recipe with simple ingredients.

Ingredients For The Meat Ball:

1. Ground meat-2 cup (lamb/Chicken/beef) or use keema
2. Lemon juice-1 tbsp
3. Pepper powder-1 tsp
4. Salt-to taste
5. Thinly chopped Coriander leaves-2 tbsp
6. Egg-1
7. Mixed Herbs-1 tsp
8. Garlic powder-1/2 tsp
9. All purpose flour-2 tbsp
10. Bread Crumbs-1/4 cup
11. Oil-for frying

Ingredients For The Sauce:

1. Oil-1 tbsp
2. Thinly chopped ginger-1 tbsp
3. Thinly chopped garlic-1 tbsp
4. Thinly chopped onion-1 small
5. Thinly chopped coriander leaves-2 tbsp
6. Kashmiri chilly powder-1 tsp
7. Soy sauce-1 tbsp
8. Chilly sauce-1 tsp
9. Tomato sauce-3 tbsp
10. Water- 1/2 cup
11. Cornflour-1 tbsp
12. Salt-to taste

Preparation:

• Mix ingredients for the meatball (except oil) in a bowl.
• Mix them well and rest for 15 minutes.
• Make small balls out of it.
• Deep fry them in hot oil over medium flame until nicely browned.
• Drain in to paper towels and keep aside.
• Heat a tbsp of oil in a pan; add thinly chopped ginger, garlic and onion; saute for three minutes.
• Add kashmiri chilly powder and mix well.
• Add all the sauces and mix well.
• Add salt and  1/2 cup of water; allow to boil.
• When it boils; add cornflour by diluting with little water.
• Cook for another two minutes until the sauce starts thickening.
• Add fried meat balls and coriander leaves; mix well and switch off the flame.
• Serve them in side with rice or pasta.

Note:

You can make ground meat by blending boneless meat without adding any water.

Instead of garlic powder; you can also use thinly minced fresh garlic