Little Meatballs

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Ingredients

  • 500 g ground lamb or 500 g ground beef
  • 2 zucchini
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 red chile, finely chopped (go on, make it 2)
  • 2 tablespoons fresh mint leaves, finely chopped
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup dried breadcrumbs

Instructions

  1. grate the zucchini and squeeze out the moisture. add all the other ingredients and mix together with your hands. the consistency should be quite firm - add more breadcrumbs if needed.
  2. shape into mini burgers taking a small handful at a time or use a heaped teaspoon of the mixture and roll into balls.
  3. put on a baking tray lined with baking paper and bake in the oven at 180C for 20 minutes until browned. serve with mint sauce.
  4. makes 35 meatballs or 12 mini burgers.
  5. the mint sauce: mash together 1 clove of garlic and a small handful of mint leaves to a paste in a pestle. add the juice of one lemon and mash some more. mix in 3/4 of a cup of thick natural yoghurt and add salt and pepper to taste.

Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)

505 kcal 25% DV
Protein Fat Carbs

Macronutrients

Protein 14.1g 28% DV
Total Fat 18.1g 23% DV
Carbs 76.5g 28% DV
Fiber 5.3g 19% DV
Sugar 11.3g 23% DV

Electrolytes

Sodium 10232mg 100% DV
Potassium 754.8mg 16% DV
Cholesterol 68.3mg 23% DV

Vitamins & Minerals

Vitamin A 37.5mcg 4% DV
Vitamin C 7.3mg 8% DV
Vitamin D 0.1mcg
Calcium 400mg 31% DV
Iron 19.7mg 100% DV

* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).

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