Recipe for Chicken Meatball Curry with Pumpkin

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The meatballs are served with a generous, creamy, and smooth sauce. It's pure delight! One of the best dishes I have tried. If you love curries and these flavors, you absolutely have to try it!

Yields4 Servings
Prep Time25 minsCook Time45 minsTotal Time1 hr 10 mins
Meatballs
 500 chicken breasts
 1 Onion
 3 cloves Garlic
 1 Piece of about 5 cm of fresh ginger
 1 Pepper
 1 Egg
 60 Breadcrumbs
 1 Brown sugar
 1 tomato paste
 1 ground coriander
 1 turmeric
 ¼ Pepper
 ½ Salt
 2 Sunflower oil
Sauce
 400 Coconut milk
 170 cooked pumpkin puree
 2 smooth peanut butter (creamy, no chunks)
 1 Soy sauce
 1 curry powder
 1 large carrot
 200 Bell pepper
To serve
 1 fresh cilantro
 2 peanuts
Directions
1

Prepare the meatballs. Cut the chicken breasts into pieces. Peel the onion, garlic, and ginger. Remove the seeds from the chili.

2

Using a food processor, chop the chicken with the onion, garlic, ginger, and chili until a fine and smooth paste is obtained.

3

Place in a mixing bowl and add the remaining ingredients except for the oil, mix well to combine.

4

With slightly damp hands, shape about 20 meatballs the size of a golf ball.

5

Heat the oil in a skillet and brown the meatballs on all sides, in batches if necessary. Set aside.

6

Prepare the sauce. Peel the carrot and cut it into slices, at an angle. Cut the bell pepper into pieces.

7

In the pan, add the coconut milk, pumpkin puree, peanut butter, soy sauce, curry, and the berries. Mix well.

8

Add the carrot and the meatballs, mix and bring to a boil. Then reduce the heat, cover, and let simmer for 15 minutes.

9

Add the bell pepper and cook for another 5 minutes uncovered.

10

To finish, serve with basmati rice, sprinkled with coarsely chopped peanuts and freshly chopped cilantro.

Ingredients

Meatballs
 500 chicken breasts
 1 Onion
 3 cloves Garlic
 1 Piece of about 5 cm of fresh ginger
 1 Pepper
 1 Egg
 60 Breadcrumbs
 1 Brown sugar
 1 tomato paste
 1 ground coriander
 1 turmeric
 ¼ Pepper
 ½ Salt
 2 Sunflower oil
Sauce
 400 Coconut milk
 170 cooked pumpkin puree
 2 smooth peanut butter (creamy, no chunks)
 1 Soy sauce
 1 curry powder
 1 large carrot
 200 Bell pepper
To serve
 1 fresh cilantro
 2 peanuts

Directions

Directions
1

Prepare the meatballs. Cut the chicken breasts into pieces. Peel the onion, garlic, and ginger. Remove the seeds from the chili.

2

Using a food processor, chop the chicken with the onion, garlic, ginger, and chili until a fine and smooth paste is obtained.

3

Place in a mixing bowl and add the remaining ingredients except for the oil, mix well to combine.

4

With slightly damp hands, shape about 20 meatballs the size of a golf ball.

5

Heat the oil in a skillet and brown the meatballs on all sides, in batches if necessary. Set aside.

6

Prepare the sauce. Peel the carrot and cut it into slices, at an angle. Cut the bell pepper into pieces.

7

In the pan, add the coconut milk, pumpkin puree, peanut butter, soy sauce, curry, and the berries. Mix well.

8

Add the carrot and the meatballs, mix and bring to a boil. Then reduce the heat, cover, and let simmer for 15 minutes.

9

Add the bell pepper and cook for another 5 minutes uncovered.

10

To finish, serve with basmati rice, sprinkled with coarsely chopped peanuts and freshly chopped cilantro.

Notes

Recipe for Chicken Meatball Curry with Pumpkin

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Nutrition Facts

4 servings

Serving size

4

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