Lauki Kofta Curry
by Tarla Dalal
Gone are those days when you had to spend half a day in the kitchen preparing kofta curry! With this simple recipe, cooking becomes not only less tedious but also healthier as the kofta are steamed rather than fried.
Cook the gravy on a medium flame to avoid burning of spices and onions. Highly recommended for heart patients as it is low in sodium and fat apart from being high in potassium.
Serve with rotis or rice .
Lauki Kofta Curry recipe - How to make Lauki Kofta Curry
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Makes 4 servings
For The Lauki Koftas
1/2 cup grated bottle gourd (doodhi / lauki)
2 tbsp besan (bengal gram flour)
1 small sized potato , boiled and mashed
1/2 tsp ginger-garlic (adrak-lehsun) paste
1/2 tsp green chilli paste
1/2 tsp chaat masala
salt to taste
Other Ingredients
2 roasted onions , roughly chopped
1/2 tsp chopped ginger (adrak)
2 roasted garlic cloves , roughly chopped
2 tomatoes , blanched and roughly chopped
1/4 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
1/4 tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
1 tsp chilli powder
1/2 tsp garam masala
1 1/2 cups vegetable stock
salt to taste
2 tbsp chopped coriander (dhania) for the garnish
For the lauki koftas
- For the lauki koftas
- Combine all the ingredients together in a bowl.
- Divide the mixture into 16 equal portions and shape them into small round koftas.
- Steam in a steamer for about 20 minutes till the koftas are done. Keep aside.
How to proceed
- How to proceed
- Blend the onions, ginger and garlic to a smooth paste in a mixer. Keep aside.
- Blend the tomatoes to a purée in a mixer.
- Heat a non-stick kadhai on a medium flame and when it is hot, add the cumin seeds.
- Dry roast for 10 to 15 seconds and then add the ground paste and cook stirring continuously till it turns brown in colour.
- Add the tomato purée, turmeric powder, chilli powder, garam masala, vegetable stock and salt and simmer on a low flame for 10 minutes.
- Add the koftas and simmer for 3 to 4 minutes.
- Serve hot garnished with coriander.
Fantastic but I bake the kofta s after steaming and then fry them in nonstick pan. Also put some almond powder when shaping into balls. Thanks
I tried this recipe. and there is nothing left in the kadhai ! it was so good to taste and guilt free. noone even realized that koftas are not fried! one addition from my side, steaming koftas in microwave worked well for me.