Fried Meat balls in Sweet and Sour Sauce

Ingredients:

For Meat Balls:
11/2-cups Pork/ Beef/ Chicken minced
2tblsp garlic minced
1tesp ginger paste
1 egg beaten
1/4tesp salt or to taste
1tesp Soya sauce
1/2tesp Ajinomoto
1/2tesp pepper powder
1tesp roasted sesame powder
1 1/2tblsp cornflour
Oil for deep-frying

For the sweet and sour sauce
2tblsp oil
2 1/2tblsp sugar
2tblsp vinegar
1/2tesp Soya sauce
1/4tesp salt or to taste
1 1/2tblsp tomato ketchup
1/4tesp cornflour
3tblsp spring onions chopped
1tesp ginger minced
1/8-cup water

Method:

• Heat 2 tblsp oil, add all the sauce ingredients and boil till thick. Remove and keep aside.
• Combine the minced beef and all other ingredients together and mix well with the hand till soft.
• Make walnut size balls out of this mixture.
• Heat the oil, deep-fry the beef balls, turning frequently for even color. When light brown, remove from oil and drain.
• Before serving, reheat the oil until very hot and fry the beef balls once again until golden brown. Drain on paper and serve with the sweet and sour sauce.

You can serve this dish as a short eat with sweet and sour sauce as a dip. Alternatively you could convert it into a curry by adding sufficient water and fried meat balls to the sauce mix and boiling till the gravy is thick. This dish is very good with chinese fried rice and noodles or you can even serve this with chapati.

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