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Lauki kofta curry (bottle gourd) is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Lauki kofta curry (bottle gourd) is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
Lauki kofta Curry लौकी के नर्म मुलायम कोफ्ते की मसालेदार करी Bottle gourd, known as lauki (ghiya) in Hindi and Dudhi in Gujarati, is generally not a popular vegetable in every household but it makes one of the best Indian curries - Lauki Kofta Curry in which deep-fried koftas (round shaped deep fried spicy dumplings) made of grated bottle gourd, gram flour. Lauki kofta recipe - kofta made from bottle gourd (lauki) and besan, then deep fried in the oil.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook lauki kofta curry (bottle gourd) using 14 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Lauki kofta curry (bottle gourd):
- Take 1 cup grated lauki (bottle gourd)
- Get 3 tbsp moong dal
- Take 2 tbsp ginger garlic coriander leaves paste
- Get 2 chopped onion
- Take 2 tsp coriander powder
- Prepare 1 tsp turmeric w
- Get 2 tsp red chilli powder (Kashmiri chilli)
- Prepare 1 tsp garam masala
- Make ready salt
- Get oil
- Get 1 bay leaf
- Take 1 cinnamon stick
- Get 2 cardamom
- Prepare 1 clove
Peel and grate the bottle gourd and squeeze out the excess. Lauki kofta recipe with step by step photos. Lauki kofta is a light tomato-based delicious gravy dunked with koftas made from bottle gourd (lauki or ghia or dudhi). First time I heard about and also had lauki ke kofte at my in-law's home.
Steps to make Lauki kofta curry (bottle gourd):
- Rinse peel and grate the lauki. Soak moong dal for 10 mins. In a mixer grinder grind the soaked moong dal coarsely and keep aside.
- In a mixing bowl add the grated lauki along with grinned moong dal (no need to squeeze the water from the lauki) To this add 1 chopped onion 1/2 tsp ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder red chilli powder and salt.
- Mix the mixture properly and make small round shape balls.
- Heat oil in a kadai and fry the kofta in the oil till they are golden brown from all the sides. Frying must be done on a medium flame Drain the fried lauki kofta in a tissue kitchen towel.
- Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan to this add bay leaf cinnamon cardamom cumin seeds and sauté for a second.Now add chopped onion and sauté till it gets translucent.To this add ginger garlic paste and cook for a min
- Now add turmeric powder coriander powder and Kashmiri red chilli powder. Cook the masala for 4 mins or till the oil starts separating. Now add garam masala and salt
- Now add 1 cup water to make the gravy. Cover with the lid and cook further for some mins to get the desired consistency.
- Now it’s time to add the fried lauki ke kofte into the gravy. Cook for a min and switch off the burner.
- Lauki kofta curry is ready to serve. This kofta goes well with paratha nan and rice
I had never heard nor knew that a curry is made from bottle gourd. Here is the recipe of Lauki Kofta (Bottle-gourd) for vegetarians. Koftas are basically meatballs that can be had as a starter or a snack, it is also cooked in a curry and is had as a main course. Vegetarians come up with different variations of it like this one, the Lauki ka Kofta. Lauki kofta curry is a simple and hearty Indian style vegan kofta curry.
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