Simple curried meatballs: A special food combination for dinner

When the weekend arrives, you want to feed your family and friends some great food. As with many types of home cooking, it’s a lot of fun to combine different styles of cooking to create something new. Meatballs are a great way to enjoy some beefy goodness and it’s all down to the sauce to bring the flavour home. Our simple curried meatballs are a great addition to your home cookbook.

Tips for your simple curried meatballs

Assembling this great dish is as simple as the name says but there are some things you can do to make it even better for yourself. Browning the meatballs also adds some caramelized bits of meat which add to the flavour and you can scrape it free when you add the sauce ingredients. If you want some more spice, add a few chili flakes and if it’s too spicy, some yoghurt or cream will tone it right down again and help thicken the sauce.

It’s time to cook some amazing food for your family this weekend. Our simple curried meatballs are packed with meaty flavour and hearty goodness.

Simple curried meatballs recipe

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Recipe by Gary Dunn Course: Recipes

Servings

4

servings

Prep time

15

minutes

Cooking time

30

minutes

Total time

45

minutes

Ingredients

• Meatballs

• 500 g 500 minced beef

• 1 small 1 onion

• 2 tbsp 2 milk

• ¼ cup ¼ soft breadcrumbs

• 1 tbsp 1 Worcestershire Sauce

• freshly ground black pepper

• 2 t 2 salt

• 1 1 egg

• 4 tbsp 4 olive oil

• Sauce

• 1 large 1 onion

• 1- cloves 1- garlic

• 2 tbsp 2 olive oil

• ½ t ½ ground cinnamon

• ½ tsp ½ ground mace

• 1 tsp 1 salt

• 2 tsp 2 curry powder

• ground black pepper

• cup raisins

• 1¾ cups 1¾ water or stock

Method

• Meatballs
• Chop the onion and add to a bowl with the ground beef. Add the milk and breadcrumbs before adding the egg, salt, pepper and Worcestershire sauce. Mix together well.
• Brown the meatballs in hot oil on all sides before setting aside.
• Sauce and assembly
• Chop the onion and fry in the same deep saucepan or pot you browned the meatballs. Just before they’re tender, add the chopped garlic and brown.
• Add the other sauce ingredients and simmer under cover for about 15 minutes.
• Add the meatballs and simmer for another 30 minutes.
• Serve with rice and salad.

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