The June Daring Cooks’ challenge sure kept us rolling – meatballs, that is! Shelley from C Mom Cook and Ruth from The Crafts of Mommyhood challenged us to try meatballs from around the world and to create our own meatball meal celebrating a culture or cuisine of our own choice.
I decided to add a South African twist to my meatballs - Bobotie flavoured meatballs.
Bobotie is one of our traditional comfort foods. My mom used to make it for us when we were kids and it was laways one of my favourites. It's a combination of curry spice and fruity sweetness with ground beef. Traditionally bobotie has a savoury egg custard topping and is served with sambals and yellow rice.
Bobotie Meatballs
Ingredients
500g lean mince (ground beef)
1 slice of bread, crumbed
1 egg
10ml curry powder (mild, medium or hot depending on your preference)
5 ml tumeric
5ml worcestshire sauce
10ml white wine vinegar
15ml apricot jam
pinch of salt
Oil for frying
In a large bowl, mix together all the ingredients. Make sure that everything has been incorporated and that there are no clumps of bread or spices.
In a heavy based pan, heat a little oil. Shape your meat mixture into golf ball size balls. Place each one into the pan. Allow to brown on each side. Lower the heat and allow to cook through. Mine took about 15 minutes. I added a little water to avoid the meatballs burning.
We served ours with rice and some roast vegetables.
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