Uncle Eddo's Meatballs

The city of The Hague has a large indonesian population with a very diverse and spicy kitchen. Our traditional kitchen is quite the opposite, rather dull and simple, without much variation. Sometimes these two blend in nicely and the following recipe is just that: truly fusion !

It comes from 'Uncle Eddo' a famous indonesian-ducth guy, at least in the Hague, and this is his recipe:

Ingredients
500 gr minced meat (beef)
500 gr butter
4 red onions
2 eggs
2 cloves of garlic
3 dried chili's
60 ml of gingersyrup
60 ml of kecap (indonesian flavoured soy sauce)
2 teaspoons of mustard
2 teaspoons of curry powder
2 teaspoons paprika powder (paprika = sweet pepper)
half a cup of breadcrumbs
some flour

Preparation
Chop the onions and the garlic
Mix all the ingredients in a bowl with your hands and roll about 8 meatballs
Heat up a fairly large, thick pan with some butter.
Pass the balls through the flour
Fry them in hot butter until golden
Remove the balls from the fat, add the rest of the butter to make gravy (you can also use a cup of broth and some maizena for a healthier alternative)
Add the balls again and cook lightly for a few minutes before serving.

Serve
with (mashed) potatoes and french beans (traditionally dutch) or with rice and some gado-gado or sayur lodeh for a more indonesian approach.

Selamat makan !