Sweet and Sour Kofta Curry

Name: Sweet and Sour Kofta Curry
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: For Kofta; 4 pieces Chicken breast; 1/2 cup leftover cooked Rice; 1 teaspoon Orange zest (from 1 orange); 2 Garlic Cloves; 1 chopped fresh Red Chilli; 4-5 Black Pepper corns; 1 handful Mint leaves; 1 Egg; 1 tablespoon Cornflour; 1 tablespoon Cooking oil to shallow fry; to taste Salt; For sweet and sour gravy; 1 Onion (paste); 1 teaspoon Ginger-Garlic paste; 1 Orange; 2 sweet Plums; 1 teaspoon red Chilli flakes; 1-2 fresh chopped red or green chillies; 1 handful chopped mint leaves; 1 tablespoon cooking oil; 1 teaspoon Sugar; to taste Salt; 1 teaspoon Cornflour

Sabrina Yasmin @barak_kitchen

Riyadh

#Fruits
It’s great to eat fruits as a sweet treat, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have skills elsewhere. I use orange and peach in my kofta curry and they came out great with little citrusy flavour.

Sabrina Yasmin @barak_kitchen

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Ingredients

For Kofta
4 piecesChicken breast
1/2 cupleftover cooked Rice
1 teaspoonOrange zest (from 1 orange)
2Garlic Cloves
1chopped fresh Red Chilli
4-5Black Pepper corns
1 handfulMint leaves
1Egg
1 tablespoonCornflour
1 tablespoonCooking oil to shallow fry
to tasteSalt
For sweet and sour gravy
1Onion (paste)
1 teaspoonGinger-Garlic paste
1Orange
2sweet Plums
1 teaspoonred Chilli flakes
1-2fresh chopped red or green chillies
1 handfulchopped mint leaves
1 tablespooncooking oil
1 teaspoonSugar
to tasteSalt
1 teaspoonCornflour

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Steps

1

Make keema out of the chicken breasts with the help of a food processor.
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Now take all the ingredients for making kofta and mix well to form a lump with the food processor.
3

Add cornflour and make lime size balls out of the keema mixture.
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Shallow fry them in a pan till light golden brown.
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Keep them aside.
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Now squeeze 1 orange to take it's juice.
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In a mixer jar add plum pieces and blend with little water.
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Strain the pulp to take out it's juice.
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Heat a saucepan. Add oil and onion paste.
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Saute for a minute. Add ginger-garlic paste and chillies.
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Add orange and plum juices and give it a boil.
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Add salt, sugar and red chilli flakes.
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Cook the gravy for about 5 minutes to thicken it.
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Add the prepared koftas and mint leaves.
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Stir gently. Simmer for 3-4 minutes.
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Take 1 teaspoon of Cornflour and mix with 2 tablespoons of water.
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Add the mixture to the kofta curry and mix.
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When the gravy comes to desired consistency, check the seasoning and remove from heat.
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It will taste sweet, sour and little pungent with citrusy flavour.
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Serve this sweet and sour kofta curry with steam rice or chapati.