CHICKEN SAUSAGE MEAT BALLS/ CHICKEN KOLA URUNDAI

A big thanks to dear Astra for sending me these 2 delicious peanut butter jars. She hosted an interesting guessing game in her blog recently and I won!. Dear friends, do check out her wonderful blog, which has so many traditional and tasty recipes. Thanks a lot dear, the butters are so good, we love it :) We have been having them in sandwiches and also topped on oatmeal. I am really happy to meet such good friends through my blog.




Coming on to the recipe, I made these meat balls from the chicken sausages, which I brought from Trader Joe’s. Sausages are new to me and this is first time I ever brought one but I didn’t like the taste that much, even after adding two of them in regular meat gravies. I finished off the remainder of the sausages by mincing them and making kola urundais. This was so delicious and I liked this version more than the original ones with minced mutton. I tried baking one half of the meat balls and turned out pretty good too. I have followed my mom’s method of making kola urundais except that I changed the meat she usually uses and I have also added some garam masala for some extra taste.





INGREDIENTS:

1. Precooked chicken sausage, 5-6. (I have used small sundried tomato-flavored sausages here).

2. Small onions, 2.

3. Green chili, small, 1.

4. Fennel seeds, ¼ teaspoon.

5. Ginger-garlic paste, 1 teaspoon.

6. Chili powder, 1/4 teaspoon.

7. Salt, a pinch only, since the sausages already has salt in them.

8. Garam masala, ½ teaspoon, (optional).

9. Chopped curry leaves and cilantro, ¼ cup.

10. Roasted channa dhal (pottukadalai), 1 tablespoon.


PREPARATION:

Chop the small onions, chili, curry leaves, and cilantro very finely. Grind the roasted channa dhal to a fine powder and keep aside. Chop the sausage into small pieces and add them to a food processor. Add some fennel seeds to this and blend the sausages finely until they turn to a minced meat consistency. Add the remaining ingredients to this mixture and mix everything well. Make small balls from the mixture and deep fry the balls for 5 minutes until they turn to a golden brown color. For baking the balls, arrange them in a greased baking sheet, spray them with a nonstick spray and bake at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes until the desired color is reached and they turn crispy.

33 comments:

SathyaSridhar said...

wooow,,dear nice idea kola urundai out of chicken sausage...thats creative recipe dear,,thanks for ur sweet words and visiting my blog dear,,,am gonna be ur regular visitor saved ur blog in my list..

Cool Lassi(e) said...

Love the chicken meatballs dear! Congrats on winning the peanut butter!

kitchen queen said...

hi Gita thanks for visiting my blog and giving a nice comment.You r always welcome.you too have a nice blog.

Tina said...

Congraaats dear...Meat balls looks yummy and mouthwatering...

Vikis Kitchen said...

Meat balls with sausage sounds great. Like those kola urundai very much dear. Congrats on winning those peanut butter Gita.

Vrinda said...

Congrats Gita..nice recipe with sausage..

Kiran said...

Congrats Gita.

GEETHA ACHAL said...

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Kalai said...

Congrats Gita. Nice recipe..its something new to me. And I guess you have changed the template. This looks good!

Hamaree Rasoi said...

Congrats on getting your gift....Meat balls look yummy...
Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi

Sushma Mallya said...

Congrats on winning those yummy peanut butter...chicken balls look delicious gita

Pavithra Srihari said...

Meatballs look divine I should say...

Congrats on winning those yummy butters ..I envy you ..

Hey gita Hows was ur vacation ?

Malar Gandhi said...

Turning the chk sausages into kola urundai sounds like a great idea, good job:) And congrats on those prize/gift...thats really sweet to win some good friends thro' blogging:):)

Treat and Trick said...

Looks delicious and congrats on your prize dear...

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Namitha said...

Congrats Gita for winning....
Meatballs...yummmAm drooling here.I love them :-)

SpicyTasty said...

Congrats !! Meat balls looks perfect and finger licking. Delicious recipe.

Priya Suresh said...

Woww Gita, thats a fantastic meat balls, never thought of making meat balls with sausage, thanks for sharing..

Btw thanks a ton for ur encouraging words for my 1000th post dear..am soo happy..

AdukalaVishesham said...

Congrats on your win... meatballs looks yummy

Cham said...

Congrats on winning! Kola urundai out of sausage is great way to indianize!

Astra Libris said...

Gita, I'm so happy that the peanut butters arrived at last, and that you're enjoying them!! :-) Thank you so much for the kind words - I'm truly touched! I too am so thankful to have met such wonderful friends like you across the web! :-)

I LOVE your idea of using sausage in meatballs! YUM!! I'm definitely fixing this over the weekend - thank you for the awesome recipe!

Rumana Rawat said...

This is looking tasty...

Unknown said...

Congrats!! Meat balls looks yummy!! Great idea..

Kanchan said...

Congrats Gita .. I'm not that lucky I never win :(

And I see a new look here :)

Sarah Naveen said...

Congrats !!!Awesome Recipe..looks so yummy!!

Shama Nagarajan said...

delicious balls dear..i love this

Nadji said...

Recette originale. tes boulettes ont l'air très bonnes.
See soon.

Sayantani Mahapatra Mudi said...

Hi new to your page and love your healthy tasty recipes. this one sounds delish and looks so neat. would definitely make for hubby.

gtyuk said...

chicken urundais look crispy and delicious Gita!!!
I prefer your oven version, doesn't have much oil and has come out great!!!

congratulations for winning those peanut butters through the guessing game, nice one!!! nallaa enjoy pannunga!!!

Menaga Sathia said...

congrats dear!! meatballs look delicious...

Subhie Arun said...

thx for visiting my blog...u have wonderful collection hr...glad to follow...kola urundhaii out of sausage looks grea...n great idea too

Valarmathi Sanjeev said...

Congrats Gita. Yummy and delcious recipe with sausage, looks tempting.

Hayley said...

Wow Gita, congrats for winning the prize! lovely chicken dish..

Nandinis food said...

Congrats! Very yummilicious and lovely meatballs! Tempting snack!