Malai kofta

Name: Malai kofta
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 cups grated lauki; 5 tablespoon 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; As needed Oil for deep frying; to taste Salt; 2 medium tomatoes; 2 tablespoons cashew nuts soaked in water for 20 minutes; 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds; 1/2 tablespoon ginger garlic paste; 2 medium onions, finely chopped; 1 teaspoon coriander powder; 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder; 1/2 teaspoon garam masala powder; 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder; 1/4 cup thick curd; 3/4 cup water; 2 tablespoon oil; to taste Salt

Meenu Ahuja @cook_19151918

Malai kofta

Meenu Ahuja @cook_19151918

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Ingredients

2 cupsgrated lauki
5 tablespoongram flour
2 tablespoonrice flour
1/4 teaspoonturmeric powder
1green chilli finely chopped
1/2 tablespoonginger garlic paste
2 tablespoonsfinely chopped onion
As neededOil for deep frying
to tasteSalt
for gravy
2medium tomatoes
2 tablespoonscashew nuts soaked in water for 20 minutes
1/2 teaspooncumin seeds
1/2 tablespoonginger garlic paste
2medium onions, finely chopped
1 teaspooncoriander powder
1/2 teaspoonred chilli powder
1/2 teaspoongaram masala powder
1/4 teaspoonturmeric powder
1/4 cupthick curd
3/4 cupwater
2 tablespoonoil
to tasteSalt

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Steps

1

Peel and grate lauki. Squeeze out the water completely and keep that water for making gravy.
2

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.
3

Mix all ingredients well. Mixture should have a thick consistency to make round shaped balls. If it is watery then add 1-2 teaspoon gram flour and mix. Do not keep this mixture idle for long time since lauki releases water over time and it will make mixture soggy and you will not be able to make kofta balls.
4

Meanwhile heat the oil in kadai for deep frying,grease your hand with some oil. Take small portion and make round balls.
5

By the time, oil should be hot enough to fry. Drop the kofta carefully into hot oil and fry it till they are golden brown from all the sides. Keep moving the koftas.
6

Once kofta are brown from all the sides remove them on paper towel lined plate.
7

Take all ingredients for paste (onion,tomato,ginger, garlic, green chilli) in grinder.
8

Grind into a smooth paste.
9

Heat the oil in a pan on medium heat. Once hot add whole spices. Fry it, till you get nice aroma of the spices.
10

Then add prepared ground paste.
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Cook it till all the moisture evaporates and oil start to leave from the sides.do stir in between.
12

Add turmeric powder,red chilli powder, cumin powder, coriander powder and salt.
13

Mix it well and cook for a minute.
14

Then add lauki water to make the gravy consistency.
15

Lower the heat and then add whisked yogurt.
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Add immediately stir it well till everything is mixed.
17

Add garam masala and kasoori methi. Mix it well.
18

Add kofta, stir gently and serve.