Prep Time: 15 minutes

Total Cook Time: 40 minutes

Servings: 3 servings

Ingredients

For the Kofte (makes 16 small meatballs):

• 16 oz of minced beef
• ½ tsp of salt
• ½ tsp of black pepper
• 2 tsp of cumin ground
• 2 tsp of garlic granulates
• 2 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil
• 1 oz of breadcrumbs
• 1 egg

For the tomato and lime sauce:

• 1 tbsp of oil
• ⅙ onion, chopped
• 14 oz of diced tomatoes
• 1 tsp of salt
• 1 tbsp of sugar
• 1 tbsp of lime juice
• 1 tsp of garlic granulates
• 1 tsp of black pepper
• Zest of ½ a lime

To serve:

• Cooked basmati rice

Directions/Instructions:

1 - Preheat oven to 400 F

2 - Mix the meatball ingredients together and shape into 16 (1 oz each) meatballs

3 - Bake the meatballs for 30 minutes

4 - While the meatballs are baking, heat oil in a pan and start frying the onions

5 -  After 2 minutes add in the diced tomatoes & season with salt, black pepper, sugar, garlic granulates, and lime juice 

6 - Let it simmer gently for about 10 minutes and then add in the cooked meatballs

7 - Finish it all off with some lime zest

8 - Serve over basmati rice