Thursday 28 November 2013

DUDHI, LAUKI, BOTTLEGOURD KOFTA CURRY

I have already posted Dudi paratha.  Now I am presenting the  kofta curry made out of dudhi.  As you are aware, lauki, dudhi, bottlegourd, it is called  helps in various ways to control our body and organs.  Intake of dudhi is good for the health as it is a very easily digesting vegetable.

Kofta is made with grated dudhi, chickpea flour and masalas.  You can eat the koftas as it is or can put in gravy and serve along with roti, phulkas, rice etc.








Let us see the recipe now:

Ingredients:


For Koftas

2 cups grated dudhi (1 big lauki weighing 500 gms approx)
5 tbsp gram flour, chick pea flour, besan
1 tsp chilli powder
1 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp garam masala powder
tsp each green chilli paste, ginger paste and garlic paste
2 slices of bread (optional)
salt as per taste
chopped coriander leaves - 2 tbsp
oil for deep frying.

For Gravy

2 tomatoes
1 onion
1/2 tsp garlic paste
1/2 tsp ginger paste
1/2 tsp green chilli paste.
1 tsp chilli powder
1 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp garam masala
1/4 t sp turmeric powder
2 tbsp oil
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
2-3 tbsp fresh cream (optional)
salt to taste.

Garnishing

3 tbsp Chopped coriander  leaves

Method:

Peel and grate the dudhi, squeeze out the water from it and keep aside.  Add the gram flour masalas, salt, coriander laves and make a dough out of it.  Heat oil.  Make small balls out of it and deep fry 4-5 at a time and  keep it on absorbent paper to remove the excess oil.  If you feel that it is watery, can add two slices of bread.  As the lauki has got the tendency to leave the water (since it contains more water), we must make it immediately after preparing the dough.



Grind together the onion, tomatoes.  Heat oil in a kadai.  add the cumin seeds.  when it is done, add the tomato onion puree in it, saute the same by adding turmeric powder.  when it is half done, add the green chilli paste, ginger paste, garlic paste, masala powder except garam masala  and saute till the gravy is thick.  Now add the juice of dudhi squeezed out and water according to the requirement of gravy.  (around two cups including the juice).  add salt and bring to a boil, add garam masala and switch off gas.

Arrange the koftas in a plate, pour some hot gravy on top of it.  Garnish with coriander leaves and cream.
serve hot with chapati, phulka, rice etc.


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