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Indonesian meatballs

About the recipe

Bring the taste of Indonesian cuisine to your table with these delicious Indonesian meatballs – small in size, but big in taste! Perfectly crispy and juicy, ideal as a snack or with a rice dish.

Servings:

60 pieces

Region:

Asia

Kitchen:

Indian

Working hours:

30 min

Total preparation:

60 min

Course/dish:

Snack & drinks

M, f, v or v

Meat

Material:

-

Season:

-

Complexity:

Simple

Ingredients and supplies

  • 1 kg lean half and half minced meat (Aldi)
  • 2 eggs
  • 100 g breadcrumbs
  • salt to taste

For the Boemboe:

  • 2 large onions
  • 4 cloves of garlic
  • 3 tbsp sweet soy sauce
  • 3 tbsp ketjap salt
  • 1 tbsp cumin powder
  • 3 tsp coriander
  • 2 tsp djahé
  • 3 tsp turmeric
  • 3 tbsp sambal with tomato (see recipe)

Prep-work

Materials: hand blender, wok with 200 ml sunflower oil for frying.

Preparation

Make the boemboe:

  • Chop the onions and garlic coarsely.
  • Put all the ingredients for the boemboe in a tall bowl and put the hand blender on top. Keep it somewhat coarse.

Make the balls

  • Place the minced meat in a bowl, add the bumbu, eggs and breadcrumbs and knead well and firmly with your hands.
  • Add salt and extra sambal to taste if desired.
  • Make small meatballs (the size of a bitterbal) from this mixture by hand.

Take a wok and heat the sunflower oil in it,

fry the meatballs until brown, crispy and cooked through, about 15 minutes at a time

KPJ

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18 februari 2018

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