Frikkadels
Delicious Sri Lankan /Dutch / Danish meatballs
Ingredients
Scale
- 500g minced beef – do not use the leanest type, you need a higher fat content to keep the frikkadels moist
- 1 large red onion, finely chopped
- 1 large garlic clove, finely chopped
- a piece of ginger about the same size as the clove of garlic, grated
- 1 tsp black pepper
- juice of 1 lime
- a large pinch of ground cloves
- a pinch of cinnamon
- a pinch of grated nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 sprigs of dill, finely chopped
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup of bread crumbs for coating
- Oil for frying, ideally coconut but peanut will do
Optional Ingredients
- Lime wedges to serve.
- Coriander leaves to serve
- Chutney or sweet chilli sauce to serve
Instructions
- Separate the eggs.
- Mix the minced (ground) beef, onions, ginger, garlic, pepper, lime juice, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg dill and salt thoroughly with the egg yolks.
- Form into balls the size of large marbles.
- Beat the whites of the eggs with a fork just enough to break them up but without frothing.
- Dip the balls into the eggs whites then roll in the crumbs so they are well coated.
- Heat the oil in a deep pan until boiling then fry the frikkadels a few at a time.
- When cooked through they should be crisp on the outside and juicy on the inside.
- Keep hot, draining on kitchen paper.
- Serve with a wedge of lime, chutney or as part of a lampries.