Indian Chicken Meatballs

INGREDIENTS

• 1 onion
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• ½ teaspoon ground turmeric
• ½ teaspoon garam masala
• 2 teaspoon curry powder (get my recipe)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• small handful of fresh coriander
• 1.1 lb ground chicken (chicken mince)

INSTRUCTIONS 

• Peel the onion and garlic and place them into the food processor. Whizz on high powder until you have a onion smoosh.
• Add the ground coriander, turmeric, garam masala, curry powder and salt then pulse to combine
• Finally add in the coriander and pulse to just chop.
• Tip the onion mixture into a large bowl and add in the chicken mince.
• Use you hands to mix everything together.
• Use a tablespoon measure to scoop out a ball of mixture and smooth into a ball.
• Repeat until all the mixture has been used.
• To cook, heat a small amount of all in a frying pan and cook the meatballs for 3-4 minutes before turning and cooking for a further 3 minutes.

NOTES

This recipe for Indian chicken meatballs also works well with ground turkey.

As there are no binders in this recipe I wouldn’t suggest substituting in ground beef. Ground beef tends to be less sticky than ground chicken and the meatballs don’t stay together well. If you want to use beef then I would suggest adding an egg and ½ cup of breadcrumbs to the mixture. (this will stop them being GF and paleo)