Easy Curry Meatballs

This straightforward and scrumptious turkey meatball curry is made with budget-friendly components, most of which you most likely have in your pantry. It’s a kind of straightforward curry meatballs you can also make with floor turkey, rooster or pork. Serve with rice or cauliflower rice and a few further greens on the aspect.

My Straightforward Curry Meatballs

This recipe for curry meatballs or meatball curry, if you’ll, is very easy and makes use of very accessible components. I usually make it mid-week after I need one thing hearty and nutritious but reasonably priced. This explicit model makes use of floor turkey meatballs however you may change it up with rooster or pork meat.

The meatballs are juicy and fluffy, flavoured with ginger, garlic and gentle curry spice. The creamy purple curry sauce is coconut based mostly with a easy mixture of ginger, garlic, curry spice and turmeric as the primary flavours. I like utilizing the fish sauce for salt because it provides extra umami style.

With a couple of easy veggies like carrots and purple peppers thrown in for good measure, this meatball curry is nutritious, tasty and budget-friendly. It’s gentle so ought to be kid-friendly too.

Serve curry meatballs over rice or cauliflower rice so you may take in all that scrumptious creamy sauce.

Elements For Curry Meatballs

Floor turkey – it is a wholesome possibility for floor meat or mince because it’s leaner and is kind of flavoursome. You may as well use floor rooster mince or pork for these meatballs.

Curry spices – it is a Southeast Asian impressed curry however as an alternative of utilizing a curry paste, I’m solely utilizing gentle curry spice and turmeric in addition to garlic and ginger as the primary flavours. 

Coconut milk – full-fat canned coconut milk, be certain that to shake the can earlier than utilizing. You can additionally use coconut cream, which is the thickened a part of the coconut milk and add some water or inventory to dilute it.

Veggies – onions, carrots and purple peppers are what I utilized by you could possibly swap these with no matter is in season. 

Others – fish sauce, lime juice, a bit brown sugar (which might be omitted or changed with coconut sugar or common white), and tomato paste are additionally used to flavour the curry sauce. The fish sauce might be changed with 1 teaspoon of salt. 

How To Make Curry Meatballs

The total recipe card with components and a dietary breakdown are under. Additionally, you will discover some suggestions for making the perfect couscous below the recipe. Listed below are some step-by-step images and video to information you alongside.

Step 1. Mix the meatball components and use your palms to fold the combination till every thing is nicely included. 

Step 2. Roll small meatballs, about tablespoon and a half of meat or so per ball. Put aside.

Step 3. Warmth a big skillet/pan over medium-high warmth. As soon as scorching scorching, add 2 tablespoons of oil. Place the meatballs within the pan, and squash them barely together with your fingers. Prepare dinner for five minutes on both sides, till browned. Take away from the pan. If utilizing the identical pan, give it a wash first. 

Step 4. Make the curry sauce. Warmth the pan over medium-high and add 2 tbsp olive oil or coconut oil. Add the onions, carrots and purple peppers and cook dinner for 2-3 minutes. 

Step 5. Then add the garlic and ginger and cook dinner for a minute or two, stirring a couple of occasions. You’ll be able to add one other drizzle of oil if it will get dry. 

Step 6. Stir within the curry powder, turmeric, and brown sugar and stir. Then pour within the coconut milk, fish sauce and lime juice and stir to mix. Prepare dinner for 2-3 minutes on medium-low warmth, stirring a few occasions.

Step 7. Add again the meatballs and stir by the sauce. Prepare dinner for 1-2 minutes and end by topping with recent coriander. 

Serve over rice with a aspect of broccoli or broccoli or different Asian greens and additional cilantro/coriander on prime. 

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Discover the complete listing of components, directions, and a dietary breakdown under. You probably have questions or cook dinner this recipe, please let me know within the feedback, and ensure to price this recipe so it’s straightforward for others to seek out.

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