Meatball Curry Kofta Curry

Meatballs are one of the easiest ways to cook delicious dinner, so, these are obviously a popular choice when it comes to planning your weekly menu. Loaded with incredible classic flavors, they pack quite a punch, and are easily customizable. Here’s an amazing recipe idea just for when you’re in a rush, or simply want to impress a crowd at dinner parties. Meatball curry. Dinner definitely tastes better when you have meatballs on the menu. Do you agree? This curried version of meatballs is no exception. It’s delicious, healthy, and packed with flavor. This surprisingly easy to make dish uses aromatic spices, herbs, and fresh cream. Sure, the recipe is so simple but fancy enough to serve at gatherings.

Meatball Curry or Kofta Curry Recipe

Meatballs or koftas – With the type of ground (minced) meat you will need for this recipe, choose from lamb, chicken or beef. To make the meatballs, meat is flavored with Indian spices like turmeric, cumin, coriander, red chili powder, and garam masala. Apart from the spices, you will also need grated onions, garlic, ginger, and green chilies. The binding agents include eggs and breadcrumbs that can be easily substituted with corn starch (corn flour) or chickpea flour (besan). Curry sauce – Start with sautéing whole spices like cinnamon stick, bay leaves, cardamom and cloves. Once they are fragrant, you can sauté onions to achieve soft and translucent texture. A quick stir fry of ginger, garlic and green chilies is followed by cooking tomato paste. At this stage, you can see the oil separating from the mixture. Add in all the dry powdered spices including turmeric, cumin, red chili powder and coriander. Make sure you add a little water to make thick sauce. The koftas or meatballs go in next alongside a generous splash of fresh cream. Finally, sprinkle with garam masala and coriander (cilantro) leaves, and heat through.