Kabab Hindi (Meatballs with Onion and Tomato)

Ingredients

• 500 g minced meat
• 5 large onions, sliced
• 1 kg tomatoes, peeled and thinly sliced
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• Raw pine nuts
• Salt
• Black pepper
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp cardamom
• 1/2 tsp cloves
• 1 tbsp black pepper
• 1 green hot chili
• 1 tbsp tomato paste

Method

1. Mix the minced meat with the nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, 1/2 tsp black pepper and salt. Shape into small fingers and press a pine nut into each.
2. Heat the olive oil in a pot, soften the onions, add the tomatoes and cook until soft with a little salt, black pepper and the tomato paste. Spread in a baking tray.
3. Arrange the kabab fingers over the onions and tomatoes with the chili, cover with foil for half an hour, then uncover to brown. Serve with vermicelli rice.