Meat balls in sauce

Name: Meat balls in sauce
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 1/4 Kg minced meat; 1 Onion; 1 Spring onion; to taste Salt; 4 tbs breadcrumbs; 2 Eggs; Sauce; 2 Tomatoes; 1 Tbs tomato paste; 1 Onion; 1 Clove garlic; 1 Bay leaf optional; 1 Garlic; For thickening 2 Tbs cornflour or 2 tbs royco; I tbs mixed herbs; 2 Tbs sugar

Nyambura Mukururi @cook_9946662

Nairobi

My meatballs always disintegrate in the sauce until chef Brian taught me how to cook meatballs the right way

Nyambura Mukururi @cook_9946662

Nairobi

My meatballs always disintegrate in the sauce until chef Brian taught me how to cook meatballs the right way

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Ingredients

8 servings

1/4 Kgminced meat
1Onion
1Spring onion
to tasteSalt
4 tbsbreadcrumbs
2Eggs
Sauce
2Tomatoes
1 Tbstomato paste
1Onion
1 Clovegarlic
1Bay leaf optional
1Garlic
For thickening 2 Tbs cornflour or 2 tbs royco
I tbs mixed herbs
2 Tbssugar

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Steps

1

For the meat balls cut the onions,spring onion,n dhania and fry in alittle oil till tender but not brown
2

Add to the minced meat add the 2 tbs breadcrumbs,egg and salt and knead in all ingredients
3

See my recipe on homemade breadcrumbs to see how to make them from bread
4

Scoop with a tablespoon and first flatten on your palm
5

Then form into a ball with your other palm this ensures it has no seams hence doesnt disintegrate
6

Form eight ball and put them to set in the fridge for 10 minutes as you work on the sauce
7

You can fry them like that but i like to egg wash
8

Then coat in breadcrumbs it add crunchiness
9

Fry in hot oil till both sides brown n put on paper towel to drain excess oil
10

You can serve like this or in sauce
11

For the sauce
12

Fry the onion and garlic till brown
13

Add grated tomatoes and tomato paste and cook for 3 mins
14

Add two cups water and the bayleaf and dilute the cornflour in alittle water to thicken the sauce.season with salt
15

Add the meatballs and sugar cook for 5 minutes and serve