Shrimp Balls in Spicy Sauce

Name: Shrimp Balls in Spicy Sauce
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: Serves: 4
Cuisine: Iranian
Ingredients: 2½ cups/500 g peeled tomato puree (about 3 large tomatoes), or canned peeled tomato puree; 1 tablespoon dried hearts of Persian lime powder; ½ teaspoon freshly ground pepper; 1 teaspoon fine sea salt; 1½ teaspoons ground hearts of dried Persian limes; ½ teaspoon turmeric; ¼ teaspoon freshly ground pepper; ½ teaspoon fine sea salt; 2 tablespoons olive oil, for cooking the shrimp; 1 teaspoon Bandari seven-spice advieh or curry powder; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 green serrano pepper, stem removed, or ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes; 1 lb/450 g shrimp, peeled, deveined, rinsed, and thoroughly patted dry; ¼ cup crispy fried onions; 1 cup/85 g chopped fresh cilantro or your favorite fresh herbs; 1 shallot, peeled and quartered; 3 tablespoons wheat or rice flour; 1 tablespoon dried fenugreek leaves; 1 cup/85 g chopped fresh cilantro, or ⅓ cup dried; 4 cloves garlic, peeled

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Preparation info

Serves:
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 20

Appears in

Cooking in Iran

By Najmieh Batmanglij

Published 2020

About

I was amazed to find out how delicious the combination of fenugreek and shrimp could be. These shrimp balls are very easy to make and wonderfully tasty.

Ingredients

shrimp paste

1 shallot, peeled and quartered
4 cloves garlic, peeled
1 green serrano</

Asia
Iran
Main course
Pescatarian
Spicy

Method

For the shrimp paste: In a food processor, combine all the ingredients for the shrimp paste, except the oil, and pulse until you have a paste. Cover and place in the fridge for 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 450°F/225°C. Line a sheet pan with parc