When I met my better half a little over 5 years ago, I suddenly found myself facing a culinary challenge: he has been following a “low carb” diet for almost 20 years and I..well I haven’t:) I also wanted to introduce him to the indian cuisine. I wanted to make him “Samosas”, the famous indian snack. However, due to the filo pastry, this does not work for a “low carb” diet. Then I thought: ” Ok! I will do it without the pastry!” And that is how these special meatballs were born, and until now they are one of his favorite dishes.
The recipe does not contain bread crumbs or anything similar, so that it complies with the “low carb” guidelines. However, it is up to you to decide how to prepare them of course. Just mix all the ingredients well, form the meatballs and either bake them in the oven (Careful: this is perfect if you other things to do, but the meatballs get dry very quickly) or just fry them in a pan with a little oil. The recipe does not take a lot of time for preparation, but it does require some patience if you fry the meatballs in the pan, depending on their size. Serve with some lemon juice. This recipe is also perfect for picnics. Et voilà 🙂
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Shopping list (for ca. 20 meatballs depending on size):
- 500 g minced meat (mixed porc and beef minced meat will make the meatballs juicier because of the higher fat content)
- 2 Tbsp ginger-garlic-paste
- 1 Tsp Garam Masala
- 1 Tbsp lemon juice
- 1 Tbsp Worcester Sauce
- Salt / pepper to taste
- 1/2 bunch chopped coriander leaves
- 1 large chopped spring onion
- 1 Tbsp Sambal Oelek or other chilli sauce (my absolute favorite is this one!)
- 1 egg
- Lemon slices to taste
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Milly!
I just made these meatballs and when they were cooking, before I even tasted them, I was transported back to Nanima’s house! I can’t believe how similar they take us to the samosas she makes! It was one of my favorite foods of all time. Thank you so much for putting together this recipe, and it’s so easy. They taste oh so good! I like it with a side of plain yogurt 🙂 I love the philodough of samosas but that definitely sounds like more of an undertaking to make.
Love you!
Steph
Dear Steffi! Thank you so much:) I am so glad you liked them! YOu are right, making samosas is quite an undertaking, especially in your everyday routine! so these meatballs are a good alternative:)enjoy and loads of love to you!your M.