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Ball curry (Malabar)














Ingredients

For 4
For 100
Meat  (without bones)
250gms
6.25kg
Green chillies
2
50gms
Onions
40gms
1 kg
Ginger
2.5 cm. ( ½ “) piece (5gms)
125gms
Salt
to taste 
10gms (approximate)

For curry:



Red chillies
4gms
100gms
Coriander
5gms
125gms
Ginger
1.25cm ( ½ “) piece  (2 ½gms)
70gms
Turmeric
1/8 tsp( ½ gm)
12gms
Cloves
3
50gms
Cinnamon
1.25 cm ( ¼ “) piece
50gms
Cardamoms
2
50gms
Peppercorns
6
50gms
Fennel
½ tsp
50gms
Tomato
1
2.5kg
Coconut
½
12
Water for grinding spices and preparation of coconut milk
2 cups
10.5 litre

For tempering:



Coconut oil
10ml
250ml
Ghee
10gms
250gms
Curry leaves
a few springs
1 bunch
Red onions (2 pods)
15gms
375gms
Mustard seeds
a pinch
25gms

Mince meat with the first lot of ingredients. Add salt and form into 8 (or 200) balls. Roast red chillies and coriander together with remaining spices. Grate coconut and extract milk, first thick, second after grinding, thinner. Heat oil and ghee. Add mustard seeds. As seeds crackle, add curry leaves and sliced onions. When onions brown, add ground spices. Fry for a further 5 to 10 minutes. Add second extraction of coconut milk. Bring to boil. Add blanched tomato. Add meat balls one by one to simmering liquid. Cook over very slow fire for about 20 minutes. Test for seasoning and remove.

N. B.      Instead of tomato, vinegar may be used.