Grannys Malaysian Meatball Curry Recipes

GRANNY'S MALAYSIAN MEATBALL CURRY

Steps:

• Prepare all ingredients before commencing to cook.
• In a medium-large bowl, combine the beef, breadcrumbs, egg, chopped spring onion and cilantro, with salt and pepper to taste, and place to one side.
• Grind onion, garlic and ginger to a paste with a stick blender or in a small food processor.
• In a small bowl, combine Malaysian curry powder, chili powder, ground cloves and a little water, to make a paste.
• Heat the oil over a medium-high flame in a wok, add onion paste, and stir-fry for about 5 minutes.
• Add the curry paste, star anise, cloves, curry leaves, reduce heat to medium, and stir fry until quite toasted and the oil starts to ooze out: this can take 5 - 10 minutes, but be careful not to burn.
• Add coconut milk and bring slowly to the boil.
• While curry liquid is boiling start making and dropping in bite sized meatballs - stop occasionally and stir gently.
• When all meatballs have been added, add tomato paste and salt to taste.
• Simmer, covered, on medium heat for 10 minutes, adding a little extra water as necessary.
• Add potato and simmer uncovered for another 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, again adding a little water if necessary.
• Serve with bread, roti chani, roti jala or steamed rice.

LAMB MEATBALL CURRY

Steps:

• Combine mince and garlic in a medium bowl and season with salt and pepper and mix well.
• Roll level tablespoons of mince mixture into balls.
• Heat oil in a large deep grying pan over high heat and add meatballs and cook and turn for about 5 minutes or until browned all over and remove from the pan.
• Add onion to pan and cook and stir over moderate heat for 5 minutes or until soft and then add curry paste and cook and stir for 1 minute or until fragrant.
• Stir in stock and coconut milk and bring to the boil and then add kumara and cover and cook over moderate heat for 10 minutes.
• Return meatballs to pan and add beans and cook curry covered for 10-15 minutes or until kumara is tender and meatballs are cooked.
• Spoon rice into shallow serving bowls and top with meatball curry and serve with the pappadums.

MALAYSIAN CURRY POWDER

Steps:

• Place all ingredients in a coffee grinder, and blend.

EASY MEATBALL CURRY

Steps:

• For the meatballs:.
• Mix minced meat.
• half the chopped corriander.
• 1 finely chopped onions.
• salt.
• pepper.
• 1 tsp garlic paste.
• 1 tsp of ginger paste.
• 1 tbs of ketchup.
• 1 tbs of garam masala.
• Mix well and make medium size meat balls and put to the side.
• The curry:.
• Place the olive oil in a pot and fry the rest of the onions till browned.
• Add chopped tomotatoes and cook till tomatoes are reduced.
• Add 1tsp garlic.
• salt.
• pepper
• 1 tsp of garam masala.
• cook till sauce is reduced
• Then add 1 cup of water and bring to a boil the reuce the heat.
• add the meat balls and cover pot and let simmer for 10 min.
• When meat balls are browned add half a cup of water and the rest of the chopped corriander and let simmer for another 20 minutes.
• Serve with any rice.

KOFTA MEATBALL CURRY

Steps:

• TO MAKE THE KOFTAS.
• In a pan place half of the meat with the ginger, garlic, and the water. Cook over medium heat till the water has evaporated. Remove from the heat and allow to cool.
• To the cooled meat add the rest of the meat, chilli, coriander leaves, mint leaves and the salt.
• In a blender blitz the meat till fine.
• Form the mixture into walnut sized balls with your hands.
• TO MAKE THE CURRY SAUCE.
• Heat the oil in a pan over medium heat and fry the onions till soft. Add the ginger and garlic and cook for 1 minute.
• Add the coriander, cumin, tumeric, and chilli powder, stir, add the tomatoes one by one, add the juice and stir. Cook till the mixture begins to dry out.
• Add the water salt, cardamoms, cloves, cinnamon and bay leaves, stir.
• Add the kofta balls, bring to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Gently stir in the yogurt and almonds, cover and cook till the koftas are firm to the touch. Cook 10 minutes. Stir to prevent sticking.
• Stir in half of the coriander leaves.
• Serve garnished the rest of the coriander leaves.