Meatballs

Meatballs are quintessentially Swedish. I was reminded of the ones at Ikea, a hyygemoment. I have been reading "The little book of Hygge" by Meik Wiking. Its a Danish book about the way to live well. Hygge is a feeling of comfort, closeness, coziness. There is a lot of hyggelig associated with food, especially in food that involves slow cooking like jams and pickles. Its also hygge to have a home cooked meal with your loved ones.

Chicken breasts - 2, minced

Olive oil - 1 tsp + 3 Tbsp

Garlic - 4 pods

Ginger - 1 inch

Onion - 1, small

Potato - 1, medium size

Salt

Pepper - 1 tsp

Chicken masala - 1 tsp

Mint leaves - a handful

White bread - 4

Organic eggs - 2

Clean the minced meat. Cook in a closed vessel with some water.

Peel the vegetables. Slice ginger, garlic, onion into small pieces. Grate potato.

In a saucepan, add oil. Once warm, add garlic, ginger. Stir for a minute. Add onion. Saute till very soft. Add potato and cooked meat. Add spices. Stir, 5 minutes. Add mint leaves. Keep aside to cool.

Crumble bread into breadcrumbs. In a bowl, lightly beat the eggs.

Make small balls of the meat. Dip in egg and roll over breadcrumbs. 

In a saucepan, add oil. When it becomes hot, place the meat balls. Cook on medium flame. After a minute, change side of the balls. Do this till all sides are cooked.