Lauki Kofta

Bottle Gourd, known as lauki in Hindi, is generally not a popular vegetable in every household but it makes one of the best Indian curry .lauki kofta curries in which deep -fried kofta made of grated bottle gourd, besan, ginger, and other spices are cooked in a spicy gravy of onion tomato. This step by step recipe explains the entire process of how to make lauki kofta  and gravy for it in every detailed manner 

PREP TIME:             10 MINUTES 
COOK TIME:20 MINUTES
TOTAL TIME: 30 MINUTES 
SERVINGS:    3
AUTHOR: CUISINE CULTURE 
COURSE: lunch/dinner
KEYWORD: Lauki kofta

Ingredients

For Kofta

300 Gm bottle gourd/lauki(grated)

1 inch chopped ginger

1 chopped green chili

2 tbsp fresh coriander(chopped)

1 cup gram flour

salt as per taste

2 tbsp coriander powder

1/2 spoon red chili powder

1/2 tbsp black pepper powder1 tbsp desi ghee

oil for frying

For Gravy

2 medium tomatoes

1 medium-sized onion

2 green chili

1 in ginger

2-3 cloves garlic

2 tbsp coriander powder

1 spoon red chili powder

1/2 spoon black pepper powder

1/2 tbsp mango powder

1 tbsp dry fenugreek leaves(Kasuri methi)

1 spoon garam masala

1 pinch asafoetida(heeng)

1 spoon cumin seeds

1 bay leaf(tej patta)

1/2 spoon turmeric powder

1/2 tbsp gram flour

1/2 tbsp roasted cumin powder

Instructions

Prepare Kofta

1 - Remove all excess water from lauki .

1 - Put all the ingredients along with grated lauki in a mixing bowl and mix everything well and let it rest for 10 minutes.

3 - Heat oil and keep the flame medium.

4 - Make small balls out of the mixture and drop it into the hot oil. fry the koftas on medium flame until golden brown and crisp from outside.

5 - Keep them aside and prepare gravy for it

Prepare Gravy

1 - Grind chopped onion and set aside.

2 - Add chopped tomatoes, green chili, ginger, garlic in a grinder and grind this also into a smooth paste and set aside.

3 - Add oil in a vessel and add bay leaf, asafoetida, and cumin seeds , once cumin starts popping up , add onion paste and cook until 80% done.

4 - Next add turmeric powder and mix well.

5 - Next add coriander powder, chili powder, mango powder, black pepper powder, and gram flour/besan.mix everything well and saute for a minute or so. when these spices are cooked little , add little water into it.

6 - Once the spices are cooked well, add tomato puree and cook until oil separates from it.add salt.

7 - add 1 glass of water mix well and let it come to boil.

6 - Add Kasuri methi,garam masala, and roasted cumin powder.mix everything and add kofta into it.

 cover it and cook it for 2-3 minutes to let kofta soak the gravy well inside.

7 - Turn off the flame and serve hot with choice of roti or rice.

Tips

1 - Squeeze out all the water from bottle gourd(lauki) as much as possible or it will soak more besan and you might end up making koftas hard.

2 - Adjust the water in gravy as per your preferences. I would recommend not make very thick gravy as it will anyway become thicker after koftas get soaked.so add water as per your preference.

3 - You can also shallow fry kofta in appe pan to reduce the usage of oil

4 - This recipe prepares smooth gravy because of grind paste of onion, however, you can prepare chunky gravy if you want(do not grind onion, use as finely chopped).

 

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