How to prepare Koftas Ingredients needed for Koftas Bottle gourd – 1 1/2 cup gratedBesan/Bengal gram flour/Kadalai mavu – 6 tbsp or moreRice flour – 1 tbspCooking soda – a pinchOnion – 1 medium size finely choppedCoriander leaves – 2 tbsp finely choppedGreen chilli – 1 finely choppedRed chilli powder – 1/2 tspSalt to tasteOil for frying Method Peel the skin of bottle gourd, remove the seeds and grade using the finer holes of the grater. Take 1 1/2 cups of grated lauki. Squeeze out all the water from the grated bottle gourd. In a bowl, add grated bottle gourd, besan, rice flour, cooking soda, finely chopped onions, chillies, chilli powder, needed salt and make a firm dough.You can add more besan/ gram flour if there is moisture. Now make small balls out of it and deep fry the balls in low flame till golden brown. Now your koftas ( see pic below) are ready. Keep it aside. You will get 14 koftas for this measurement. I added only 12 balls in the gravy.
Ingredients needed for the gravy/sauce Onion – 1 cup choppedTomato – 1 cup choppedGinger – 1 inch pieceGarlic – 3-4Cashew nuts – 6 Turmeric powder – 1/4 tspChilli powder – 1 tspCoriander Powder – 1 tbspGaram Masala – 1 tsp Thick curd /Yogurt (plain) – 2 tbspFresh cream – 2 tbsp (optional )Oil -2 tbsp or ( 1 tbsp oil + 1 tbsp butter )Salt to taste Preparation Chop onions and tomatoes roughly. Soak cashew nuts in hot water for 15 minutes. Drain and keep it aside. Heat 2 tsp of oil in a pan /kadai, add chopped onions and saute till it turns transparent, add ginger, garlic, tomatoes and saute for some more time. After it cools, grind it to a paste without adding water along with cashew nuts. Keep this onion-tomato paste aside. Method
Add 3/4 cup of water and cook for a few more minutes till everything gets blended well. Drop the kofta balls gently into the gravy and bring it to boil . Garnish with coriander leaves, fresh cream (optional ) and serve hot. Lauki kofta gravy or curry can be served with rice,chapati, parathas, ghee rice or any pulav like peas pulav, Vegetable Pulav etc. This measurement serves 4More Bottle gourd recipes which goes well with rice and chapatiBottle gourd kootu ( South Indian style)Lauki daal recipe Meet you all again with another interesting recipe, till then it is bye from Padhu of Padhuskitchen. Read More
