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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Indian Subcontinent >> Indian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Spread the ground meat on a large plate. | 2. Sprinkle 1 t of the cayenne pepper on the meat. | 3. Heat 2 T of the oil in a small, heavy saucepan until it starts to smoke a little. | 4. Pour over the meat. | 5. Add the sugar, 1/2 t of the ginger powder, 1 t ground fennel, whole fennel, whole cumin seeds, cardamom seeds and salt. | 6. Knead together for a couple of minutes until all the ingredients are well mixed. | 7. Shape the meatballs. | 8. Set aside. | 9. Heat the remaining oil in a heavy 6 quart saucepan on medium high heat. | 10. Add the chopped onion and immediately thereafter the cloves;. | 11. fry til golden brown. | 12. In the meanwhile, mix the remaining cyaenne pepper well with the yogurt. | 13. When the onions are a goldern brown, add the cayenne pepper-yogurt mixture. | 14. Stir fry briskly for a couple of seconds. | 15. Add the water, remaining ground fennel and ginger; stir briskly untkl the mixture boils. | 16. Add the meatballs, one at a time. | 17. Reduce heat to low, cover and cook for about a half hour or until meatballs become firm and are well cooked and the oil has risen to the top of the saucepan. | 18. Once placed in the saucepan, do not stir until [the meatballs] have become firm. | 19. Once meatballs are cooked and firm, stir gently. | 20. Sprinkle the ground cardamom, cumin and cinnamon on the meatballs. | 21. Stir a little to mix well with the gravy. | 22. Cover and cook on low heat for another 5 minutes. | 23. Serve hot. | 24. Reheat on low heat til it starts simmering. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
beef	2		ground lean	1060.8024	0.0	209.1685	24.3894
cayenne pepper	2	teaspoons	ground	11.448	2.0387	0.4324	0.6217
oil	5	tablespoons		560.64	0.0	0.1792	63.6672
sugar	1	teaspoon		18.354	4.5908	0.0	0.0
ginger powder	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
fennel	2	teaspoons	ground	1.1238	0.2646	0.045	0.0073
fennel seed	1	tablespoon		20.01	3.0328	0.9164	0.8625
cumin seed	1	teaspoon		7.875	0.929	0.374	0.4677
cardamom seed	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
salt				-	-	-	-
onion	1		chopped	44.0	10.274000000000001	1.21	0.11
clove	4	cloves		-	-	-	-
yogurt	1/2	cup		74.725	5.7085	4.2508	3.9812
water	1 1/2	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
cinnamon			ground	-	-	-	-
cardamom			ground	-	-	-	-
cumin			ground	7.875	0.929	0.374	0.4677

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.