MEATBALLS GRAVY WITH RICE

This is the recipe that I think everyone must like. Serve these well seasoned meatballs with the included gravy and cooked rice or noodles. Juicy and flavourful meatballs are so easy with this mixer of minced meal and handful of spices.  Double this recipe for a large family meal or for serving many guests. The flavourful meatballs retain their juiciness, but release much of the excess fat. It’s basic meatballs recipe, but one of the very best for flavour! So this is the recipe of meatballs with rice and gravy.

INGREDIENTS:

For Rice:

3 Cups Basmati Rice

2 ½ Cup Water

2      tablespoon Clarified Butter

1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds

3-4 Cashews Halved

1-1 each Bay leaf, Black Cardamom

½ Inch  Cinamon Stick

For Meatballs and Gravy:

2-3 Garlic Cloves

1-2 Dry Red Chillies

Few Mint Leaves

300 gms Minced Meat

1 Egg Lightly Beaten

Oil [for frying as well as for gravy]

1 tablespoon Masala Curry Paste

4-5 Chopped Tomatoes

4-5 Halved Cashews

300 ml Meat Stock [as per required]

Freshly Copped Coriander

For Cucumber Raita:

1 Cucumber Big Sized

2tablespoon Yogurt

½ teaspoon Cumin Seeds

           ½ tablespoon Oil

          Salt as required

          Chopped Coriander

Cooked Basmati Rice and Cucumber Raita, to serve [optional]    

METHOD:

For Rice:

STEP 1 – Wash the rice and soak for ½ an hour.

STEP 2 – Heat the pressure cooker with clarified butter and add Cumin Seeds in it.

STEP 3 – As they starts crackle add the whole spices with chopped cashews.

STEP 4 – Now add rice

and water accordingly and salt as per taste.

Pressure cook the rice for 2-3 whistles. Cool it and garnish with chopped coriander.

For Meatballs and Gravy:

STEP 1 - First pressure cook the minced meat in a pressure cook and let it cool. Then separate the stock.

STEP 2 – Place garlic, chilli, bread and mint leaves in a mixer pot and pulse until finely chopped.

STEP 2 – Put it in to a bowl and mix it with the minced meat,

egg and seasoning.

STEP 3 – Using damp hands, shape into small meatballs.

STEP 4 – Heat the oil in a wide pan, fry the ready meatballs in batches over high heat till golden brown

and keep them aside.

STEP 5 – Heat oil in another pan, add the chopped onion and cook for about 3-4 minutes.

STEP 6 – Add chopped tomatoes in it

and cook till the tomatoes become soft.

STEP 7 - Add the curry paste and fry it for about 1-2 minutes. After that add the dry spices in it and mix well.

STEP 8 – Now as it starts leaving oil,

add stock in it and adjust the consistency.

STEP 9 – Take one boil

and then add meat balls in it

and let it cook on low flame for about 10 minutes.

STEP 10 – After 10 minutes switch off the flame and garnish it with fresh coriander and serve with rice and cucumber raita.

For Cucumber Raita:

STEP 1 – Wash and grate the cucmber.

STEP 2 – Make a tempering with oil and cumin seeds and   pour it over the cucumber.

STEP 3 – Add salt, yogurt and coriander and your raita is ready.

Serve the meatballs gravy with rice and cucumber raita and some onion wedges.

 NOTE:You can serve it with chapati,paratha or naan.