Bread Koftas In Pumpkin Curry ( Saatvik Khana Recipe)

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Mouth-melting bread koftas in delicious pumpkin curry.

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Preparation Time: 25 mins Cooking Time: 30 mins Total Time: 55 mins 4Makes 4 servings
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Ingredients

For The Koftas
5 to 6 bread slices
1/3 cup curds (dahi)
3 tbsp levelled , plain flour (maida)
1 tbsp chopped coriander (dhania)
4 green chillies , chopped
2 pinches baking soda
salt to taste
oil for deep-frying

For The Pumpkin Curry
250 gms bottle gourd (doodhi / lauki)
2 large tomatoes
1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
2 tsp chilli powder
1 tbsp coriander-cumin seeds (dhania-jeera) powder
1/4 tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
1 tsp garam masala
3/4 cup fresh curds (dahi)
1/3 cup boiled green peas
3/4 cup boiled and fried small potatoes
3 tbsp ghee
salt to taste

Method

For the koftas

For the pumpkin curry

Peel the pumpkin and cut into big pieces.
Add 1 1/2 cups of water and cook. When cooked, blend in a liquidiser.
Put the tomatoes in hot water for 10 minutes. Grate into a puree.
Heat the ghee and fry the cumin seeds until they crackle.
Add the chilli powder, coriander-cumin seed powder, turmeric powder and garam masala and fry for a few seconds.
Add the curds, pumpkin mixture, tomato puree and 1/2 teacup of water and cook for a few minutes.
Add the green peas, potatoes and salt.

How to serve

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RECIPE SOURCE : Saatvik Khana