Bottle gourd kofta curry
16 Dec 2018
Prep Time
15 minutes
Cook Time
30 minutes
Total Time
45 minutes
Background
Kofta in India is generally a meatball dish which is usually made with minced or ground meat like mutton or lamb. This dish is a vegetarian version and is made with grated bottle gourd. This goes very well with vegetable biryani or roti.
Ingredients
- For kofta:
- ½ kg bottle gourd
- 150g chickpea flour
- 2 green chillies
- 1 inch ginger
- 1 Tbsp coriander leaves (chopped)
- salt to taste
- oil for deep frying
- For curry:
- 4 medium sized tomatoes
- 3 green chillies
- 1 inch ginger
- 1 cup curd
- 1 Tbsp oil
- pinch of asafetida
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- ¼ tsp garam masala
- ¼ tsp red chilli powder
- 1 Tbsp coriander leaves (chopped)
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Grate the bottle guard and add thinly chopped green chilli, ginger, coriander, chickpea flour and salt in a bowl and mix them properly. Leave it for 5 minutes.
- Take a deep bottomed pan for deep frying. Add oil to it.
- Take one Tbsp mixture, make a ball of it and deep fry until it turns brown. Repeat the same for rest of the mixture. Set them aside.
- Take a pan and heat oil.
- Add cumin seeds and asafetida. Fry for 2 min.
- Add turmeric powder, coriander powder and red chilli powder to it. Cook for 2 min.
- Add the tomato paste into the masala and cook it until the masala releases the oil on the sides.
- Add the curd into the masala and continue stirring. When it starts boiling, pour one glass of water into the masala. Continue stirring.
- Add salt and garam masala to the curry. Mix well.
- Add the kofta to the gravy and cook until kofta are well coated for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with roti or vegetable biryani.
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Categories
- Meal Type: - Main
- Cuisines: - Indian
- Occasions: - Sunday Lunch
- Ingredients: - Other Vegetables
- Health and Diet: - Vegetarian
- Skill Levels: - Moderate
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