Dudhi Kofta

by vinodsharma

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Dudhi kofta offers one of the very no-fuss vegetable dishes which are prepared from grated bottle gourd and the gravy also has much lesser oil and calories than the typical malai koftas available at restaurants. Enjoy the kofta curry with roti or rice.

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Preparation Time: 30 mins Cooking Time: 30 mins Total Time: 601 hours 5Makes 5 servings
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Ingredients

100 gms grated bottle gourd (doodhi / lauki)
1 tbsp besan (bengal gram flour)
1 tbsp crushed peanuts
1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera) powder
1 tsp chilli powder
1/4 tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
a pinch of asafoetida (hing)
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp ginger-garlic (adrak-lehsun) paste
1 crushed slit green chilli
oil for deep frying
1 tbsp oil
1/4 tsp mustard seeds ( rai / sarson)
1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
2 to 3 curry leaves (kadi patta)
1/4 cup finely chopped onions
1 chopped tomato
salt to taste
chopped coriander (dhania) for garnishing

Method

Roast the besan in a pan till brown and keep aside.
Squeeze out the excess water from the bottle gourd and keep aside.
Combine the besan, groundnut powder, red chili powder and turmeric powder in a bowl and mix well.
Add the salt, garam masala, ginger-garlic paste, hing, green chili paste and coriander-cumin seed powder, 1/2 tsp oil and bottle gourd and mix it well to form a soft dough.
Divide the dough into equal portions and shape them into small balls.
Heat the oil in a kadhai and deep fry till they turn golden brown and crisp.
Keep aside.
Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan and add the mustard seeds, cumin seeds and curry leaves.
When the seeds crackle, add the chopped onions and saute till slight brown.
Add the tomatoes and saute till oil separates and tomatoes are cooked.
Add the garam masala, red chilli powder, turmeric powder and ginger garlic paste and saute for 3 minutes.
Add little water gradually to make a gravy and boil for few minutes.
Just before serving, add the koftas and simmer for 10 minutes.
Serve hot garnished with coriander.

This recipe was contributed by vinodsharma on 29 Aug 2011

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