Delectable lamb meat ball sauce accompanied by basmati rice, consist of ground lamb meatballs in a tomato yogurt sauce.
Ingredients:
For the meatballs
- I lb ground lamb
- 1 tablespoon ginger
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1 green chili, chopped
- 1 egg, beaten
- 2 tablespoon cilantro, chopped
- 2 green onions, chopped
- Juice of ½ a lemon
For the tomato sauce
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- ½ cup yogurt
- 8 oz chopped tomato canned
- 2 tablespoon cumin powder
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
- 2 teaspoon coriander powder
- 1 Cinnamon stick
- 4 cardamoms
- Salt, to taste
- 2 tablespoon oil
Directions:
To make the meatballs:
- Grate onion and press the water out in a sieve. In a bowl combine the lamb, onion, ginger, garlic chilies, egg, lime, salt and the spices.
- Divide into 20 pieces chill for few hours.
To make the sauce:
- Heat the oil in a pan over a medium heat. Add the onion and the spices until onion is golden.
- Stir in tomato and the yogurt and cook for few minutes. Add the meat balls simmer without stirring them for an hour.
- Add more water if needed.
can you do this with beef, Insha’allah
Haleemah, you can use beef too it works just fine.