Chicken Porcupine Meatballs

Ingredients

• ½ cup long grain raw rice
• 125 gms Boneless Chicken Breasts or Thighs
• 2 tablespoons ½ inch cubed onions
• 2 tablespoons ½ inch cubed zucchini
• 2 tablespoons ½ inch cubed carrots
• ¼ cup roughly chopped coriander leaves
• 1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon italian seasoning mix
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon black pepper powder
• ¼ teaspoon red chilli flakes
• 2 cubes processed cheese, grated
• ¼ cup breadcrumbs
• 1 tablespoon corn starch
• 2 teaspoons cooking oil, approx for greasing & brushing the steamer

Steps

1. Rinse & soak rice for 1 hour.
2. Add all ingredients for mince mix to a chopper & mince them well.
3. Transfer the mince mix to a bowl, add grated cheese, breadcrumbs, cornstarch and give it a good mix using spatula.
4. Strain the soaked rice well until they are dry & spread in a shallow bowl.
5. Grease your hands with oil. Scoop out one heaped tablespoon of mix & roll into a round ball.
6. Prepare all meat balls & keep them on a greased plate.
7. Heat the steamer to come to a boil.
8. Gently roll each meat ball on the soaked rice to get it coated well with rice. Place them on the greased steamer plate.
9. Keep each ball about 1 inch apart from the other as they tend to stick to each other.
10. Once you are done with all meat balls, place the steamer plate in the steamer & steam for 15 minutes.
11. Rest it for 5 minutes, remove from the steamer and serve.