Ingredients
meat balls
- 500grams lamb mince
- 1 medium onion
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- ½ tbsp minced ginger
- 45ml tomato sauce
- ¼ cup chopped coriander
Ingredients for sauce
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 medium onion
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- ½ tbsp minced ginger
- 1 tsp coriander
- ½ tsp cumin
- ¼ tsp turmeric
- ½ tsp chilli
- ½ tsp garam masala
- 1 tin of tomatoes
Instructions
- Put the minced lamb, 1 of the chopped onions, 1 tbsps garlic paste, ½ tbsp ginger paste, 1 tbsps garam masala, tomato sauce and coriander leaves in a large bowl and mix well.
- Form the mixture into equal sized balls and keep on a plate.
- Heat the oil in a pan and add the remaining onion. Fry until they are light brown then add the ginger and garlic. Fry for a minute.
- Add all the powdered spices - coriander, cumin, red chilli powder, garam masala, turmeric - and fry for 2-3 minutes.
- Add the tomatoes and mix well.
- Add 2 cups of warm water to the masala and season with salt to taste. Gently add the meatballs now. Do not stir for at least the next 5 minutes.
- Stir gently so as not to break the meatballs.
- Cook uncovered till the meatballs are done. The sauce can be as thick as you like so add or dry up the water as required.