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Meatballs in Thai green curry sauce

By Abigail Donnelly
4
Easy
20 minutes
15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 T sunflower oil
  • 500 g chicken, beef or pork mince
  • 1 onion, grated
  • 1 x 5 cm piece of ginger, grated
  • 80 g Woolworths Thai green curry paste
  • 4 lime or curry leaves
  • 1 x 400 ml can coconut milk
  • toasted almonds, to garnish
  • poppadums, to serve

Method

Heat the oil in a pan.

Place the beef or chicken mince in a mixing bowl with the onion and ginger.

Mix, then roll into small balls. Brown the meatballs in the pan.

Fry the Thai green curry paste in another pan over a medium heat for 1 minute. Add the lime or curry leaves and coconut milk.

Simmer for 2 minutes, add the meatballs and cook for a further 5 minutes.

Sprinkle with toasted flaked almonds and serve with poppadums.

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