Lauki Kofta
A delicious and rich tomato onion gravy with bottle gourd dumplings that goes well with rice and bread .
Servings: 12
Calories: 107kcal
Ingredients
For Kofta
- 2 cups bottle gourd peeled and grated
- 1 tsp yogurt
- ¼ cup coriander leaves chopped
- 1 cup chickpea flour (besan)
- ¼ cup rice flour
- ¼ cup bread crumbs optional
- 1 tsp ginger grated
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- 1 pinch baking soda
- 2 tsp coriander powder
- 2 tsp red chilli powder
- 1 tsp salt or to taste
For Gravy
- 1 big onion
- 2 medium tomatoes
- 2 tsp tomato paste optional
- ½ inch ginger
- 4-5 garlic
- 10 cashews
- 1 tsp chilli powder
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- ½ tsp cumin powder
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- ¼ tsp mango powder amchur powder (dried)
- ¼ tsp garam masala
- ¼ stick butter
- 2-3 tbsp whipping cream
- ½ tsp fenu greek leaves dried powdered
Instructions
To make Koftas
- Peel and grate the laukis into a bowl.
- Add a pinch of salt so it leaves out all the water , strain it well and use the drained water in the gravy later.
- To the grated bottle gourd , add all the ingredients mentioned in the "For Koftas" section.
- Mix well and add more chickpea flour or rice flour if the dough gets sticky .
- Grease a little oil on your palm and make smooth round balls with the dough.
- Shallow fry in the appe-pan with oil and cook well until they are well done.
- Drain on to a bowl lined with paper towel and keep aside.
To make gravy
- In a deep bottomed pan ,heat oil or butter
- Add chopped onions , tomatoes, ginger , garlic and cashews.
- Saute well till it is softened.
- Grind to a fine paste .
- Heat oil and add all the spices along with the garam masala, tomato onion paste and canned tomato paste if using.
- Adjust consistency to get a smooth gravy .You can use the water drained from the grated bottle gourd here if you like.
- Add the koftas into the gravy and cook on medium flame till they are coated well.
- Add cream and dried fenu greek leaves.
- Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
Nutrition
Serving: 35g | Calories: 107kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 8mg | Sodium: 269mg | Potassium: 218mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 359IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 31mg | Iron: 1mg
