How to make kofta curry with coconut milk

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Kofta curry

You can make koftas out of different vegies available in the market. Today I have made these yummy koftas using lauki or bottle gourd . Using bottle gourd  the dish becomes subtle. Not heavy and loaded with rich cream  as you get in restaurants. So try it out.

Ingredients for  koftas

Medium size bottle gourd or( lauki)

A  corn  flour - 2 tsp

Besan               -2 tsp

Salt to taste

Red chilli powder-  1/2 tsp

Coriander  powder -1 tsp

Amchur powder 1/2 tsp

Finely chopped green chillies

Finely chopped ginger 1/2 tsp

Oil for frying.

Method

Peel the bottle gourd and grate  it in a grater. Since the bottle gourd will  be juicy, we need to take the juice out of it. For that  I l'll just press the grated bottle gourd in my hand and squeeze it , little by little. The juice can be added to the gravy for an extra nutrition value.

Now take a bowl and mix all the above ingredients to the grated gourd. Mix them well.  Divide the mixture into small  round balls . Remember the mixture does not turn watery, if so you can add a little more of besan and dust it with the corn flour.

In a wok, pour enough oil to fry the koftas. Fry till  each is golden brown. Once the koftas are ready keep aside.

FOR THE GRAVY

For the gravy we will need

Onions - 2

Garlic ginger paste

Coconut milk - 1/2 cup

Tomato- 1

Salt to taste

Garam masala

Sugar - 1 tsp

Method

In a pan fry the onion with 2 Tsp of oil till light brown. Add the ginger garlic paste and saute for a minute. 

Let cool. Now in a blender blend the fried onions and tomatoes to a smooth paste.

Put back in the pan and fry again for about five minutes. Add salt,red chillies and a little sugar to it  and stir. Now add the coconut milk to the gravy and simmer for about 5   minutes. Add the left out water and simmer. 

Now you can add the fried koftas to the gravy  and cook for another five  minutes. Garnish with chopped coriander . overlooking will break the koftas, so do not simmer for a long time. 

The dish is ready to be served with rice or roti or even naan.