Masala Spice Tea Meatballs
These flavorful meatballs are made with Masala Spice Tea ground into a powder and mixed into the meatballs. These exotic meatballs are served with a Lemon Dill Yogurt sauce. Whether eaten by themselves, or served in a pita bread or on a bed of rice, these uniquely flavored meatballs are delicious.
Servings 50 meatballs
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp Ground Masala Spice Mix Tea Use a spice grinder, mortar and pestle, or coffee grinder
- 2 lbs ground turkey
- 1 lb pork sausage
- ½ cup fresh chopped parsley
- 1 tsp chopped garlic
- 2 tsp kosher salt
- ½ cup bread crumbs
- 1 tbsp olive oil
Lemon Dill Yogurt Sauce
- 16 ounces Greek Yogurt
- 1 lemon, zested and juiced
- 1 tbsp dill
Instructions
- Using grinder, prepare the Masala Spice Mix Tea. Grind into find powder.
- Mix together turkey, pork sausage, spic mix, egg, ½ chopped parsley, garlic, salt, and bread crumbs.
- Form small balls. Should make approximately 50 one inch meatballs.
- In skillet, pour 1 tbsp of olive oil. Cook meatballs until browned.
- Remove and allow to cool on cooling rack.
Lemon Dill Yogurt Sauce
- Add lemon zest and juice and dill to yogurt. Stir to combine.
- Serve alongside meatballs.
Notes
You can use other meats for this meatball - lamb or beef. I would add sausage as needed depending on the meat that you are using.
These meatballs are delicious served in pita breads or over rice.
This recipe freezes well.