Serves
4
For
this Lauki Koftas recipe you
need
1. chickpea
flour ( besan ) 1/ 2 cup
2. bottle gourd ( lauki) 1 kilogram
3. corriander leaves 2 table
spoons
finely chopped and washed
4. greenchilli chopped 2
5. ginger garlic paste 2 tea
spoons
6. oil to deep fry
7. onions 2 medium sized
peeled washed
finely chopped
8. tomatoes 3 medium
finely chopped
9 . bay leaf 1
10. garam masala powder 1/2
teaspoon
11. red chilli powder 1/2 teaspoon
12. turmeric powder 1/2 teaspoon
13 corriander powder 1 teaspoon
14. dry red chillies 4
15.salt to taste
16 . ginger grated 1 inch
17 cumin seeds 1/2 teaspoon
Lauki
Koftas Recipe - Method
TO
MAKE THE BALLS ( koftas )
1. wash , peel and grate the
bottle gourd .
2. mix half a tea spoon salt
and keep aside for 30 min .
3. squeeze to drain excess water
.
4. take a big bowl, put besan
(chickpea flour), finely chopped
green chilli , corriander leaves
( chopped ), grated ginger,
salt. And now mix well to make
a dough. Use little water if
required.
5. divide this dough into 15
equal portions
6. using your palm give shape
to the portions into balls.
you can use little oil on your
palm.
7 heat oil in a non stick pan
which should be deep.
8 when the oil is hot then put
the balls and on a slow fire
fry them till golden brown and
crisp. Cooking on slow sim fire
is necessary to let them cook
from inside also.
9. drain the balls out and keep
them aside till the gravy is
ready.
TO MAKE THE GRAVY
1. heat oil in a nonstick pan.
add bay leaf
2. put cumin seeds, ginger garlic
paste. dries red chillies (
optional )
3. now add onions ( as mentioned
finely chopped )
4. saute onions till golden
brown
5. now add the finely chopped
tomatoes
6. fry them till oil separates
from tomatoes this is a key
to know that tomatoes are fried
7. now add turmeric powder,
corriander powder, red chilli
powder and salt.
8 . mix well saute little bit
for about 30 seconds
9. add 3 cups water
10. let the water boil
11. cook for about 5 min
12. to make the gravy rich and
creamy you can add 2 tablespoons
of fresh cream ( optional )
13. now add the fried balls
( koftas )
14. after adding the balls add
corriander leaves (chopped)
and sprinkle the garam masala
15. just cook for another 5
min on a slow fire
and serve hot. |