Ingredients for Kofta:
🌿1 cups grated Lauki (bottle gourd/ghiya/doodhi)
🌿5 tablespoons Gram Flour
🌿2 tablespoon Rice Flour
🌿1/4 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
🌿1 Green Chilli, finely chopped
🌿1/2 tablespoon Ginger-Garlic Paste
🌿2 tablespoons finely chopped Onion
🌿Oil for deep frying
🌿Salt to taste
For Gravy
🌿2 medium Tomatoes
🌿2 tbs Cashew Nuts, soaked in water for 20 minutes
🌿1/2 tbsCumin Seeds
🌿1/2 tbs Ginger-Garlic Paste
🌿2 medium Onions, finely chopped
🌿1 teaspoon Coriander Powder
🌿1/2 teaspoon Red Chilli Powder
🌿1/2 tbsGaram
Masala Powder
🌿1/4 tbsTurmeric Powder
1/4 cup thick Curd optional (I am not using it because I am citric allergic)
🌿3/4 cup Water
2 tablespoons Oil
🌿Salt to taste
Method for Kofta:
🌿Peel and grate lauki. Squeeze out the water completely and keep that water for making gravy.
Take squeezed grated lauki in a large bowl.
🌿Add gram flour, rice flour, turmeric powder, ginger-garlic paste, finely chopped green chilli, finely chopped onion and salt.
🌿Mix all ingredients well. Mixture should have a thick consistency to make round shaped balls. If it is watery then add 1-2 teaspoons gram flour and mix.
🌿Grease your palms with oil
🌿divide mixture into 10 portions. Take each portion and turn it into round shaped balls.
🌿Heat oil in a frying pan over medium flame for deep frying. When oil is medium hot, deep-fry until they turn light golden brown and crisp.
🌿Take them out place them over kitchen tissue in a plate.
Method for Gravy:
🌿Blanch the tomatoes and crush them with cashew nuts to make tomato-cashew puree.
🌿Heat 2-tablespoons oil in saucepan over medium flame. Add cumin seeds and cook until they sizzle, Add ginger-garlic paste and stir-fry for Add chopped onion and stir-fry until it turns light pink in color.
🌿Add tomato-cashew puree and mix well. Stir-fry for 3-4 minutes.
🌿Add red chilli powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder, turmeric powder and salt (add for gravy). Mix well and stir-fry for a minute.
🌿Add lauki water (kept in step-2) and water and cook over medium flame for 3-4 minutes. Stir in between
🌿Add fried kofta balls to the gravy
Cook for 5minutes and turn off flame.
🌿Transfer it to a serving bowl and garnish with coriander leaves.
🌿 now you can serve with Roti Paratha Puri or rice.
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