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🍽️ Creamy Curry with Meatballs and Mini Eggplants
700 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 1 bread roll (from the day before)
- 2 onions
- 4 garlic cloves
- 250 g green baby eggplant (pea-sized, from the Asian supermarket)
- 600 g ground beef
- 1 egg
- salt
- pepper (from the mill)
- 3 tbsp ghee (clarified butter)
- 1 tbsp Madras curry powder
- 1 tsp mild sweet paprika powder
- 400 ml coconut milk
- coriander leaves (for garnishing)
Instructions
- 1. Place the bread roll in a bowl and cover it with lukewarm water. Let it soak for 15 minutes.
- 2. Peel the onions and garlic. Cut one of the onions into wedges.
- 3. Finely dice the remaining onion and the garlic.
- 4. Wash the mini eggplants under running water. Remove the green stems.
- 5. Squeeze the soaked bread roll well with your hands to remove the water.
- 6. Add the squeezed bread roll and the minced meat to a large bowl.
- 7. Add the egg and the finely diced onions to the meat mixture.
- 8. Mix everything vigorously by hand until a homogeneous mass is formed.
- 9. Season the meat mixture with salt and pepper to taste.
- 10. Moisten your hands with a little water to prevent the meat from sticking.
- 11. Roll small, equal-sized balls from the meat mixture.
- 12. Heat the ghee (clarified butter) in a large pan over medium heat.
- 13. Place the meatballs in the hot pan.
- 14. Fry the balls on all sides until golden brown. This takes about 10 minutes.
- 15. Remove the finished meatballs from the pan and set them aside.
- 16. Add the onion wedges and the garlic to the same pan.
- 17. Sauté the vegetables until they look soft and translucent.
- 18. Sprinkle the curry powder and paprika powder over the vegetables.
- 19. Deglaze the mixture by pouring in the coconut milk.
- 20. Add the washed mini eggplants to the sauce.
- 21. Let everything simmer on low heat for 10 minutes.
- 22. Return the meatballs to the pan with the sauce.
- 23. Let the balls warm through in the sauce for another 5 minutes.
- 24. Finally, adjust the seasoning of the curry with salt and pepper.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 700
- Protein: 37 g · Fett/Fat: 55 g · Carbs: 14 g