Kanda (Central African Beef and Pumpkin Seeds Meatballs)
User Reviews
3.5
6 reviews
Good
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Prep Time
35 mins
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Cook Time
1 hr
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Total Time
1 hr 35 mins
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Servings
8 people
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Course
Main Course
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Cuisine
African
Kanda (Central African Beef and Pumpkin Seeds Meatballs)
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Kanda is a delicious meatball dish prepared with ground beef and pumpkin seeds that is very popular in Central African Republic.
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Ingredients
- 1½ lb ground beef
- 3 cups pumpkin seeds
- 2 onions
- 6 cloves garlic , peeled
- 4 tomatoes , peeled, seeded and diced
- 2 chili peppers
- 1 small bunch parsley
- ½ cup cold water (for the meatballs)
- 1½ cup water (for the sauce)
- ½ cup oil
- salt
- pepper
Instructions
- Slightly roasted pumpkin seeds and ground to a powder in a food processor.
- In a meat grinder (or food processor), grind the meat, pumpkin seed powder, parsley, garlic and onion. Season with salt and pepper.
- Stir in ½ cup (100ml) of cold water into the mixture and knead well for 3 minutes until forming a homogeneous dough. Refrigerate.
- Slice the other onion. Sauté in oil for 2 minutes over medium heat in a large pot, stirring regularly.
- Add the tomatoes and chili peppers and sauté again covered, for 5 minutes.
- Pour 1½ cup (350ml) of water and increase the heat until the reaching a boil, then turn down to low heat.
- Form meatballs about the size of a golf ball.
- Increase heat and place each meatball in the sauce very carefully.
- Cook over high heat for 10 minutes.
- Then cook over medium heat for 20 minutes.
- And finally simmer for 30 minutes.
- When cooked, increase the temperature if necessary, to reduce the sauce.
- Serve with plain rice.
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3.5
6 reviews
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