Bottle gourd kofta curry ( Lauki ke Kofte)

 

 

Lauki Ke kofte

Recipe:

Ingredients: 

For koftas:

• Bottle gourd: 1 medium (400 gm approx.
• Gram flour: 2-3 Tbsp
• Red chilli powder:1/2 Tsp 
• Asafoetida: a pinch
• Salt to taste
• Refined oil for deep frying

For gravy/ curry:

• Onion: 2 big size
• Garlic: 10-12 cloves
• Ginger:2 inch cube
• Tomato:2 big
• Bay leaves:2-3
• Cinnamon: 1 inch 
• Black pepper: 7-8
• Garam masala powder:1/2 Tsp
• Turmeric powder:1/2 Tsp
• Red chilli powder: 3/4 Tsp
• Coriander powder:1.5 Tbsp
• Roasted cumin powder: 1/2 Tsp
• Asafoetida: a pinch
• Refined oil:2 Tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Green  coriander leaves finely chopped for garnishing

Method: 

Preparation: 1)Grate the bottle gourd.

2)Blend onion, garlic & ginger and make a thick.paste
3)Blend tomatoes and make tomato  puree.

Kofta: Add gram flour, salt , red chilli powder, 2Tsp of ginger-garlic- onion paste and asafoetida into grated bottle gourd. Gram flour is used for binding. Don’t use too much. Less you use it, more soft kofta would be made. But be sure it has to take the shape. In a kadahi,/ pan heat refined oil on full flame.Now on slow flame make kofta by adding small balls of batter into it.when kofta become golden in colour. Strain it with a skimmer and place on napkin to absorb excess oil. Keep aside. 

Curry/ gravy: Heat a pan, add refined oil into it. Add bay leaves, black pepper, cinnamon into it. Add fenugreek seeds and simultaneously add the onion-ginger-garlic paste. Saute it when it leaves oil add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, salt, roasted cumin powder into it. Saute it. Add asafoetida. Now add tomato puree. When the masala leaves the oil add 2 cup water into it and cook for 10-12 minutes. After the gravy is done add slight garam masala powder.

Assembling of curry & kofta : Now add koftas into it , give it two boils and serve hot with garnishing of green coriander leaves.

   

Note:  

• Keep Koftas & gravy in separate utensils and  Whenever you want to serve just boil the gravy and add koftas into it. Koftas absorb the gravy that's why  while serving  add them into gravy. It tastes nice with chapati/ paratha. With rice it’s awesome too.
• Preparation time: 12-20 minutes.
• Cooking time:25-30 minutes
• Serving sufficient for 5-6 persons.
• Koftas in number :15-20 approx depending upon the size)

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