Little Meatballs

Name: Little Meatballs
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; salt and pepper

10 ingredients

5 steps

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
salt and pepper

Directions

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.