Meat Balls in Curried Tomato Sauce

• 1½ lb. ground beef
• 1 can ( 1 lb. 12 oz.) tomatoes
• ¾ cup soft bread crumbs
• ¼ cup chopped onion
• 1½ tsp. salt
• 1/8 tsp. pepper
• ¼ cup flour
• 3 tbsp. lard or drippings
• ½ tsp. sugar
• ½ tsp. curry powder
• 1/8 tsp. pepper
• 4 cups hot cooked rice, if desired

Drain ½ cup juice from tomatoes, reserving remaining juice and tomatoes. Pour ½ cup tomato juice over bread crumbs. Add beef, onion, salt and 1/8 tsp. pepper. Mix thoroughly. Shape mixture into 24 balls, using a rounded tbsp. for each. Dredge meat balls in flour. Brown in lard or drippings. Pour off drippings. Add remaining tomatoes and juice, sugar, curry powder and 1/8 tsp. pepper. Cook slowly 20 minutes. Serve over rice if desired. 6 to 8 servings.