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Kanda (Gluten Free Meatballs)
This Gluten Free Meatball Recipe is known as Kanda in the Central African Republic. It’s made with ground beef and a special ingredient…. Pumpkin seeds! Serve these up the traditional way (with onion tomato sauce) or on a bed of pasta with pasta sauce! Either way, this Gluten Free Meatball Recipe (kanda) is delicious!
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Additional Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 30 mins
Servings: 36 meatballs
Calories: 39 kcal
Course:
Main Course , Dinner
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef meat
- 2 cups pumpkin seeds
- 1 onion chopped
- 1 tsp garlic
- ¾ tsp salt
- Fresh Ground Black Pepper to Taste (Use code FF20 for 20% off)
- ½ cup cold water
Instructions
- In a food processor or blender, grind the pumpkin seeds to a powder.
- Add the rest of the ingredients into the food processor and grind until fully combined.
- Transfer the mixture to a bowl and refrigerate for at least an hour.
- Heat some olive oil in a cast iron skillet.
- Roll the mixture into meatballs about the size of golf balls. Place them in the pan, and use tongs to turn them as they cook, ensuring that they brown on all sides. It will take about 15 or so minutes.
- You may need to cook them in two batches.
- Serve with whatever sauce you’d like.
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Notes
- Recipe copyright The Foreign Fork. For educational or personal use only.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1serving
Calories
39kcal
(2%)
Carbohydrates
1g
(0%)
Protein
4g
(8%)
Fat
2g
(3%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
8mg
(3%)
Sodium
56mg
(2%)
Potassium
77mg
(2%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
1g
(2%)
Vitamin A
1IU
(0%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
5mg
(1%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 36meatballs
Amount Per Serving
Calories 39
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1serving | |
| Calories | 39kcal | 2% |
| Carbohydrates | 1g | 0% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 2g | 3% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 8mg | 3% |
| Sodium | 56mg | 2% |
| Potassium | 77mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 1IU | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 5mg | 1% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.