Lauki Kofta

Name: Lauki Kofta
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 300 gm bottle gourd; 2 tbsp gram flour; to taste Salt; 1/4 tsp red chilli powder; 1/4 tsp turmeric powder; 1/4 tsp carrom seeds; 1/4 tsp coriander seeds powder; as required Cooking Oil for deep frying koftas; 1 tbsp cooking oil; 1/4 tsp cumin seeds; 1 onion; 1 tbsp ginger, garlic, green chilli paste; 1 bay leaf; as per taste Salt; 1/4 tsp each of red chilli, turmeric, coriander seeds powder; 1/4 tsp garam masala; 1 glass water; 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves; 5 cashew nuts

Aruna Thapar @Arunathapar27

New Delhi

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A perfect dinner party dish, lauki kofta is a delicious to eat. Soft dumplings made with grated lauki (bottle gourd) stuffed inside a deep-fried gram flour kofta and cooked in a flavourful gravy of spices, tomatoes and onions.

Aruna Thapar @Arunathapar27

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Ingredients

30 minutes

2 servings

For making Kofta:
300 gmbottle gourd
2 tbsp gram flour
to tasteSalt
1/4 tspred chilli powder
1/4 tspturmeric powder
1/4 tspcarrom seeds
1/4 tspcoriander seeds powder
as required Cooking Oil for deep frying koftas
For making curry:
1 tbsp cooking oil
1/4 tspcumin seeds
1onion
1 tbsp ginger, garlic, green chilli paste
1bay leaf
as per taste Salt
1/4 tspeach of red chilli, turmeric, coriander seeds powder
1/4 tspgaram masala
1 glasswater
2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
5cashew nuts

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Steps

30 minutes

1

Wash, peel and grate bottlegourd. Mix gram flour and all masala ingredients and mix well with hands. No need to add water. Bottle Gourd will release its water and all ingredients mixes well.
2

Heat oil in a wok. Make small round balls of dough and leave in hot oil and deep fry till golden brown colour.
3

Now take another wok. Add cooking oil and put cumin seeds and when cumin seeds splutter add ginger, garlic and green chilli paste and bay leaf. Saute for 30 seconds. Add chopped onion and fry till golden brown colour.
4

Add chopped tomatoes and dry masala ingredients for curry mentioned in ingredients and mix well. Cook on low flame till oil leaves the sides of wok.
5

Add slit cashew nuts and water. Let it boil. Now add koftas.
6

Add chopped coriander leaves and garam masala and mix well.
7

Serve hot koftas with chapatti or rice garnished with chopped coriander leaves.