Meatballs in a sweet, sour & spicy tomato sauce

This started its life as mafrum, a traditional dish from Tunisia that is notoriously tortuous to make. The chosen vegetable victim is prepped, stuffed, battered, fried and then cooked in a sauce. Even for Sarit, who loves fiddly things, creating pockets out of potatoes and quinces proved too much. In this version we cut out the stuffing, battering and frying but leave in everything that matters, so it’s almost all pleasure, no pain. You will need a whole large garlic bulb for this re