Moroccan Meatballs
Servings 3
Ingredients
For the meatballs
- 400 gm 14oz minced beef
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- Salt to taste
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- ½ teaspoon cumin powder
- ½ cup chopped parsley don't like it? Discard it
- 2 tablespoons olive oil to fry the meat balls
For the sauce
- 3 eggs
- 2 medium tomatoes finely chopped
- 1 medium onion finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- Salt to taste
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- ½ teaspoon cumin powder
- ½ cup hot water
Instructions
Making the meatballs:
- Mix all the ingredients except olive oil.
- Form equal size balls.
- Fry the balls in olive oil. It will take around 12 minutes or depending on the size of the meatballs.
- Cover the meat balls, and keep aside.
Making the sauce:
- In a pan, add olive oil and onion. Sauté onion until translucent.
- Add the tomatoes and stir on medium heat until tomatoes soften.
- Add rest of the ingredients and stir for 2 minutes.
- Add ½ cup of hot water and let it simmer for 5 minutes.
- Add the meat balls with it's juices, to the sauce, and let it cook for 3 minutes.
- Break the eggs carefully in the sauce, cover the pan and let it cook on medium heat for 6 minutes.
- To garnish you can sprinkle chopped parsley.