Lamb/Goat Meat balls in Minty Cocunut Gravy - Urundai Khoumbu

This is one of my favorite dishes, and this can be made a head as it tastes very yummy the next day:)

Ingredients

Ground Lamb/Goat      - 1lbs or 1/2 Kg

Onions                         - 2 large

Mint                             - about a cup

Cilantro/Khotmir           - 1 big bunch

Cloves/Lavang              - 4 to 5

Cinnamon stick             - 1 inch
Coconut                         - 1/2 cup
Roasted Channa Dal powder - 1 tblsp
Green Chillies                  - 8 to 9
tumeric powder               - 1 tsp
ginger garlic paste            - 1 tsp
lime/lemon juice               - 2 tsp
Salt            to taste
baeten curd/yogurt           - 2tblsp

Preparation

To the gound meat add half onion chopped finely, 1/4 cup Mint and cilantro chopped,tumeric,salt, roasted channa dal powder(putnal powder), 2- 3green chillies chopped, Mix and make meat balls about the size of a walnut or key lime

Gravy

Saute cloves, cinomon, onions,Mint and geen chillies till traslucent in about 3 tsps of oil.

Cool and grind it to a smooth paste.

Grind the cocunut to a smooth paste adding very little water

Now in a pot in some oil saute the paste, add ginger garlic paste

Add salt( remeber there is salt in the meat balls )

Add some water and bring it to a simmer

Add the meat balls to the gravy

Add the beaten curds

Cook it forabout 10 to 12 minutes(till the gravy thickens)

Add the lemon juice and its ready to eat withrice/roti/bread...

Recipe By:Mrs Malathi Ramaswamy

Posted By: Brinda