Meat Recipes: Minced Meat Balls

We understand that you might not always have time to prepare a meat meal that is slowly cooked or that you might not always think to marinate something a day in advance. You guessed it, neither do we.

These dishes are for those occasions when you really must have dinner, and you must have it quickly.

Minced Meat Balls
This recipe is common in many urban communities in Kenya. It is usually made from minced meat with various types of fresh spices. It is usually served as an accompaniment with starchy dishes such as potatoes, rice, or spaghetti. As such it is eaten during lunch or dinner and enjoyed by the entire family.

Ingredients
• 1 kg minced raw beef, medium fat
• 5 ½ cups (1207 g) water
• 4 onions, red-skinned, raw, unpeeled (376 g)
• 5 tomatoes, red, ripe (439 g)
• 1 bunch of coriander leaves (51 g)
• 2 ½ tsp. (12 g) salt iodized
• ½ cup cooking oil (102 g)
• 2 tsp. (4 g) cumin seeds
• 1 ½ tsp. (3 g) curry powder
• 4 Royco® cubes (8 g)
• 1 whole garlic (39 g)
• ¼ cup (48 g) white raw rice

Preparation 30 minutes | Cooking 1 hour 15 minutes | Serves 4
• Pound the minced meat in a mortar.
• Prepare and cut the onions as well as the tomatoes and chop them into two separate bowls.
• Divide the onion, garlic, cumin seed, and coriander into two equal portions. Mix and pound one-half of
each divided ingredient and add to the pounded meat.
• Add rice to the pounded mixture and crush the grains.
• Fry the other half of the onions in ½ cup of cooking oil until they turn golden brown. Add salt and stir.
• Add tomatoes and all the water, and then simmer until the tomatoes are tender.
• Pound the rest of the garlic, cumin seeds, and coriander into the pounded meat.
• Work the meat with palms to form balls using ¼ cup of cooking oil.
• Add the meatballs to the simmering tomato soup.
• Add garlic, curry powder, and Royco® cubes.
• Simmer for 30 minutes until the meatballs are ready

Content courtesy of Kenya Food Recipes, Mama Ntilie & NFH
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