Name: Indian Meatballs Stuffed with Cheese
Yield: Serves 4–5
Ingredients: 500 g lean beef or lamb mince; a good handful of coriander leaves, roughly chopped; 3–4 pinches of chilli powder; 1 tsp egg, lightly whisked; 100 g soft white cheese; plain flour, for dusting; 1 tbsp groundnut or sunflower oil, plus extra for oiling; 3–4 large garlic cloves, finely chopped; sea salt; 8 cardamom pods; 2 tsp coriander seeds; 6–8 whole cloves

Preparation info

Serves
4–5

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Marvellous Meals with Mince

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 2012

About

I love eating things with hidden surprises, and meatballs provide a perfect opportunity. Here the soft cheese centre blends perfectly with the spiced meat; lovely for a summer meal served with mint leaves and a crunchy onion salad.

Ingredients

500 g lean beef or lamb mince
8 cardamom pods
2

Method

Place the minced beef in a large mixing bowl and mash thoroughly using a wooden spoon until pasty and sticky Carefully make a small incision in the cardamom pods and extract all the seeds. Place the cardamom seeds, coriander seeds and cloves into a coffee grinder or pestle and mortar and grind to a fine powder. Using a pestle and mortar or a small bowl and metal spoon, pound and grind the garli

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