Meatballs with Tomato & Tamarind Sauce

Main dishes - meat

Preparation time

15min

Total time

40min

Portion

6 portion(s)

Level

easy

TM 31

by Lyndathermomix

published: 2014/11/16

changed: 2016/03/13

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Ingredients

Meatball Ingredients

50-60 grams breadcrumbs, (use GF breadcrumbs if preferred)
1 small onion
8 sprigs each fresh parsley, coriander
1 long red chilli
500 grams beef or lamb mince
1-2 eggs
1 teaspoon each cumin, paprika
80 grams feta
Salt and pepper

Tomato and Tamarind Sauce ingredients

1 red onion
2 cloves garlic
2 cm ginger
30 grams olive oil
2 teaspoons cumin
1 teaspoon tumeric
Salt and pepper
1 tablespoon tamarind chutney or puree, (optional)
800g --- tin tomatoes (or passata)
1 teaspoon Rapadura

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Recipe's preparation

Meatballs

Place onion, herbs and chilli (without seeds) into bowl and chop for 6 seconds, speed 7.

Add breadcrumbs and mix 3 seconds, speed 5.

Add mince, fetta, spices, egg, salt and pepper and mix for 10 seconds speed 3.5.

With wet hands roll into teaspoon size meatballs and arrange on Varoma tray (use both levels of Varoma tray).

Tomato & Tamarind Sauce

Place onion garlic ginger chop 5 secs speed 7

Scrape down sides of TM bowl

Add oil and saute for 2 mins, 100 degrees, speed 1

Add cumin & tumeric. Cook 1 min, 100 degrees, speed 1

Add salt pepper tamarind, tomatoes sugar

Set Varoma tray into position.

Cook both sauce & meatalls at the same time - 25 mins Varoma temp, speed 1

Place meatballs into serving dish, and serve with the sauce.

Tip

Serve on zucchini zoodles, pasta or rice if desired.

Tasty with a little parmesan cheese on top.

Kids love helping to make the meatballs tmrc_emoticons.)

Thermomix Model

Recipe is created for
TM 31

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Recipe's categories:

Autumn Winter Cooking Heating Steam cooking Steam cooking with Varoma All-in-one cooking with Varoma Easy Low budget Quick Children food Gluten free Lactose free Nut free Dinner Lunch Everyday Kids in the kitchen Main course Meat dish Sauce