Curry Soup With Meatballs

Submitted by CulinaryQueen

"A hearty soup which is perfect for warming up on those upcoming cold nights. 1 cup canned coconut milk may be substituted for the desiccated coconut. Just skip steps 8 and 9 and add the coconut milk as directed in step 10."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 18
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 3 -4 tablespoons peanut oil

• Meatballs

• 225 g lean ground beef
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 onion, peeled and finely chopped
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1⁄2 teaspoon curry powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 30 g breadcrumbs
• 1 egg, lightly beaten

• Broth

• 1 teaspoon garam masala
• 1 teaspoon turmeric
• 1 onion, peeled and finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon curry leaf
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1⁄2 cup desiccated coconut (soaked in 1 cup hot water for 15 minutes)
• 20 ounces water

directions

1. Mix together the meatball ingredients.
2. Form into small balls about the size of a walnut.
3. Heat wok and add peanut oil. When hot, fry the meatballs until browned all over.
4. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on kitchen paper.
5. Carefully drain all but 1 teaspoon of oil, removing any black bits that may be leftover in the pan.
6. Fry the garam masala and turmeric for the broth for 30 seconds.
7. Add onion, curry leaves and garlic. Cook for 3 minutes.
8. Meanwhile, strain coconut in a sieve over a bowl, pressing out as much liquid as possible. Reserve the liquid coconut milk.
9. Discard the pulp.
10. Add soaking water(coconut milk) to the wok and simmer for 5 minutes.
11. Adjust seasoning.
12. Strain soup and return to wok.
13. Add meatballs and simmer a further 5 minutes.
14. Serve hot.

Reviews

[Emmanuel U.]

A tasty recipe but what is " 1 onion "? Onions vary from pickling size to sandwich size. As a result, I ended up having to add more bread crumbs to make the meatballs hold together. And pick a unit of measure; either Metric or Imperial.

 

[queenofeats]

I'm going to come back and review this once I get an opportunity to make it again. My husband had to take over for me about midway through, and though he followed the recipe exactly, the recipe does not specify when to add the broth. As a result, he forgot to add it entirely. The end result was actually very good and would be great served over noodles, but I want to give it a try as intended before I rate since it turned out so different in texture. I'll be back!

 

[Kathy228]

Delicious. It's easy and fast to make. The meatballs were excellent. I wish I doubled them. The soup was delicate. The only change I made was I used veg. broth instead of plain water and canned coconut milk instead of soaking coconut. I did not strain it, because I didn't want to loose the chopped onions. Thanks for posting this lovely soup recipe CQ.