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lamb meatball curry
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Lamb Meatball Curry with Coconut Gravy

An easy meatball curry that's great for midweek or curry night!
Course Curry, Main Course
Cuisine British, Indian
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 4
Calories 690kcal
Author Corina Blum

Ingredients

For the Meatballs

  • 500 g lamb minced
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon garam masala
  • 1 tablespoon finely chopped ginger or easy ginger
  • 3 cloves garlic crushed
  • 2 tablespoon chopped fresh coriander
  • ½ medium onion finely diced

For the Sauce

  • 2 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 1 large onion finely diced
  • 400 g tin of tomatoes or 4 roughly chopped tomatoes
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 1 tablespoon chopped ginger
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon turmeric
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 2 teaspoon ground coriander
  • 1 teaspoon garam masala
  • 1 dried red chilli crumbled up (use more or less to taste)
  • 2 large handfuls spinach
  • 400 g tin coconut milk
  • Pinch Salt to taste
  • 1 handful of coriander including stalks including stalkschopped

Instructions

  • Put all the ingredients for the meatballs into a large bowl and mix together with your hands. Form into meataballs and put them in the fridge until you are ready to cook them.
  • Heat the oil in a large frying pan. Fry the onions gently for about 5 minutes until soft.
  • While the onions are frying, put the tomatoes, ginger and garlic into the food processor and blitz.
  • Stir all the spices into the pan with the onions and cook for a minute. Stir in the blended tomato mixture.
  • Continue to cook for about 10 minutes.
  • Add the spinach. Put it on top of the curry. It will wilt. Then stir it in and add the coconut milk.
  • Bring it up to the boil then add the meatballs carefully. Cover the pan and let it simmer gently for 20 minutes until the meatballs are cooked through.
  • Season with a little salt and pepper at the end if necessary. Stir in some of the chopped coriander and then garnish with the remainder when serving.

Notes

Use easy ginger and easy garlic to make the recipe a little quicker to prepare.
Nutritional information is approximate and should be used as a guideline only.

Nutrition

Calories: 690kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 26g | Fat: 59g | Saturated Fat: 37g | Cholesterol: 132mg | Sodium: 239mg | Potassium: 906mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 370IU | Vitamin C: 16.3mg | Calcium: 107mg | Iron: 7.4mg