

East Timor was a Portuguese colony until 1975 when Portugal dissolved all of their colonial holdings. But nine days after being released as a colony, East Timor was invaded by Indonesian forces; it didn't become a sovereign nation until 2002.
I found numerous recipes for bakso (meatballs), using them more as a jumping off point than a real recipe. Some used chicken and some used beef. Some included greens, usually bok choy. Some used noodles and and some used dumplings.
In a large soup pot, I brought 8 C of chicken broth to a boil with 1 sliced onion. Then I reduced it to a simmer for 45 minutes. In the meantime, I made meatballs - 1 pound of 96/4 organic, grass-fed beef; 2 sliced shallots, caramelized; 1 egg; 1 t minced garlic; 1/4 C white whole wheat flour; 1 T ground cumin; 1 t ground nutmeg; 1 t sesame oil - and browned them in a large flat-bottom pan until cooked through.
Add 2 C thinly sliced greens to the broth and cook for 10 minutes. I used the kale from my High Ground Organics CSA box. Cook noodles in the broth mixture. I think they typically use ramen-type noodles. I had spaghetti. When the noodles were cooked, I added in the meatballs and simmered it all together for another 5 minutes.

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