Lauki Kofta

Name: Lauki Kofta
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 300 gm Bottle Gourd; 3 tb sp Gram flour; 3/4 tsp Salt; 1/4 tsp Red chilli powder; 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder; 1/4 tsp Coriander seeds powder; 1/4 tsp Carom seeds; 1/4 tsp Garam masala; 2 tb sp Cooking Oil; 1/4 tsp Cumin seeds; 1 Onion; 1 Tomato; 1 tb sp Ginger garlic paste; 2 Green chilli; 2 Bay leaf; 2 tb sp Chopped coriander leaves; 2 cups Water; 5 cashew nuts

Aruna Thapar @Arunathapar27

New Delhi

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A perfect main dish, lauki kofta is delicious to eat. Soft dumplings made with grated lauki (bottle gourd), gram flour kofta and cooked in a flavourful gravy of spices, garam masala tomatoes and onions. These kofta are not deep fried but pan fried in a kuzhi paniyaram pan and has a lip smacking curry too.

Aruna Thapar @Arunathapar27

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Ingredients

30 minutes

4 servings

300 gmBottle Gourd
3 tb spGram flour
3/4 tspSalt
1/4 tspRed chilli powder
1/4 tspTurmeric powder
1/4 tspCoriander seeds powder
1/4 tspCarom seeds
1/4 tspGaram masala
2 tb spCooking Oil
1/4 tspCumin seeds
1Onion
1Tomato
1 tb spGinger garlic paste
2Green chilli
2Bay leaf
2 tb spChopped coriander leaves
2 cupsWater
5cashew nuts

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Steps

30 minutes

1

👉Wash, peel and grate bottle gourd. 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 mix well.
2

👉I am going to prepare it in healthy way with minimum cooking oil in an appe pan.
3

👉Heat appe pan. Grease it with cooking oil. Immediately pour this mixture in appe cavities with a spoon. Place the lid and cook on medium flame for 5-7 minutes. Flip the side and cook from other side also till golden brown colour. It may take 3-4 minutes.
4

👉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.
5

👉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.
6

👉Add slit cashew nuts and water. Let it boil. Now add koftas.
7

👉Add chopped coriander leaves and garam masala and mix well.
8

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