Lauki Kofta / Bottle Gourd Dumpling Curry
Lauki Kofta -Bottle gourd dumplings cooked in tomato and yoghurt sauce
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
- 2 cup Bottle Gourd / Lauki grated
- 3 Tomatoes / Tamatar
- 2 tbsp Cashew pieces/ Kaju Tukda
- 2 tsp Raisins / Kishmish
- 1/2 cup Gram flour / Besan
- 1 tbsp Corn Flour
- 4 tbsp Yogurt / Dahi
- 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds / Sabut Jeera
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder
- 2 tsp Red Chili Powder/ Laal Mirch
- to taste Salt / Namak
- 1.5 cup Water / Paani
Instructions
- Wash , peel and grate the bottle gourd. Discard the hard mature seeds
- Pressure cook bottle gourd with 1/ 2 cup water for 1whistle only.
- Drain and let it cool down then squeeze the water from the bottle gourd(reserve the water to use in the gravy).
- Take bottle gourd in a bowl and add gram flour, corn flour, salt, chili powder, pinch of garam masala,1/ 2tsp grated ginger and chopped raisins.
- Mix well and make walnut size smooth and round balls.
- Deep fry in hot oil on medium flame till golden in colour, drain and keep aside.
Gravy
- Blanch the tomatoes and then grind with 2 green chilies, cashew pieces and ginger and make a smooth puree.
- Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds, when start crackling then add tomato puree and sauté for approx. 2- 3 minutes on medium flame.
- Now add turmeric, chili powder, salt, coriander powder and mix well and cook for few seconds.
- Blend yogurt with 1.5 cup water and add in the gravy
- Cook for approx. 5 minute on low flame now add koftas and cook for a minute OR arrange the kofta in the serving dish and pour hot gravy over them.
- Add garam masala and fresh coriander and serve hot, garnished with cream
- Serving suggestion-serve with any Indian bread and rice
mjaayka says
delicious
Priya says
Inviting spread, wonderful kofta curry.
Tamilarasi Sasikumar says
Looks delicious…love the koftas…
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Meena B says
wow i like ur way of kofta.. this wud be on my dinner plate next time
i liked ur idea of boiling lauki and squeezing the water.. wonderful
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Amrita Vishal says
Ver tempting and lovely …love the puris behind too.
divya says
Looks very delightful and appealing.
ANU says
luv this stuffed version…
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Latha Madhusudhan says
very eye catching the dishes are and ofcourse yummy.
Hamaree Rasoi says
That gravy is looking super delicious
Sangeetha Nambi says
Yummy and inviting kofta…
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Love the whole platter… Can i come over sis???
Vijayalakshmi Dharmaraj says
very yumm…
looks yummy dear…
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Prathima Rao says
Too too yummm!!! Love the gravy…Bookmarked!!!
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Veena Theagarajan says
So tempting yummy kofta
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WeR SAHM says
wow such a delicious kofta curry
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Deeksha says
Looks very tempting. Yum Yum.
DivyaGCP says
Couldn't take my eyes off the awesome spread of dishes.. Curry looks delicious and inviting.