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Indian Courgette balls in Tomato and Cream Recipe

A mild zucchini curry featuring zucchini, onions, fresh chili, ginger, and coriander shaped into balls, all coated in a creamy sauce of tomatoes, onions, turmeric, cumin, cayenne, and garam masala, served over a bed of brown rice.
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Total Time 45 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Indian
Servings 2

Ingredients
  

Meatballs

  • 2 whole courgette
  • 0.5 whole fresh chilli
  • 6 sprig fresh coriander
  • 2 cm fresh ginger
  • 20 grams gram flour
  • 0.5 whole onions
  • salt (to taste)
  • 1 . sunflower oils (for frying)

Sauce

  • black pepper (to taste)
  • 0.25 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 250 ml double cream
  • 0.5 tsp garam masala
  • 2 tsp ground coriander
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 whole onions
  • salt (to taste)
  • 1 tbsp sunflower oil
  • 3 whole tomatoes
  • 0.25 tsp turmeric

Rice

  • 1 packet microwave brown rice

Instructions
 

  • wash trim and grate the courgette, place in a bowl, sprinkle with salt, set a side for 5 minutes
  • peel and chop the onion(s) finely, peel and grate the ginger, wash and finely chop the fresh coriander, wash and finely chop the chilli, squeeze out the access water from the courgettes reserve the liquid, place the courgette in a bowl
  • add the onions, chilli, ginger and coriander to the courgette bowl and mix, add the gram flour, stir to mix the ingredients
  • half fill a medium pan with water and boil, prick tomatoes and place in boiling water for 5 mins
  • form the courgette mixture into egg size balls, heat about 1 cm oil in a frying pan, add the courgette balls and fry in batches, cook till golden brown, Drain on kitchen paper, set a side on a plate
  • drain the tomatoes and place in cold water, remove the skins from the tomatoes, chop tomatoes removing the hard central core
  • peel and chop the onion(s) finely, heat the oil in the frying pan, add the onions, cook till soft
  • remove from the heat, add the turmeric, cayenne and coriander, cook for a minute or two, add the cumin, cook for a minute or two
  • add the chopped tomatoes to the frying pan, cook for 5 minutes, add the courgette juice, cook for 5 minutes
  • Add the cream to the frying pan, add the garam masala, season with salt and pepper, cook for a minute or two, add the courgette balls to the sauce, cook for 5 minutes
  • cook the rice using the cooking instructions, place the rice in individual serving dishes
  • add the courgette balls, coat with a little sauce, serve immediately
  • if cooking extra for the freezer, store the courgette balls in a freezable container allow to cool and then place in freezer
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