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Lauki Kofta Curry Recipe - How to Make Bottle Gourd Kofta Curry Recipe
Lauki Kofta Curry Recipe is a North Indian Curry Recipe made of shredded bottle gourd and goes well with jeera rice or plain rice.
Course
Main Course
Cuisine
Indian
Keyword
lauki kofta curry recipe
Prep Time
25
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
40
minutes
minutes
Total Time
1
hour
hour
5
minutes
minutes
Servings
4
people
Author
Puja
Ingredients
to make lauki koftas
2
cups
Grated Bottle Gourd
ghia, lauki, bottle gourd, opo squash or dudhi
4
tbsp
Gram Flour
besan
1/4
tsp
Garam Masala Powder
1/4
tsp
Red Chilli Powder
Salt
to taste
Oil
to deep fry
Ingredients for curry
1
Onion
finely chopped
2
Large Tomatoes
roughly chopped
2
Green Chilli
1
inch
Ginger
5
pods
Garlic
crushed
1
tsp
Cumin Seeds
1/2
tsp
Red Chilli Powder
1/4
tsp
Turmeric Powder
1
tsp
Coriander Powder
1/2
tsp
Garam Massala Powder
2
Bay Leaf
1
Black Cardamom
1
pcs
Cinnamon Stick
3
tbsp
Chopped Coriander Leaves
2
tbsp
Oil
Salt
to taste
Water
as needed
Instructions
Mix coriander powder, red chilli powder, garam masala powder in a small bowl with some water. Set aside.
Roughly chop the tomato, ginger and green chilli and make puree out of it. Set aside.
Rinse and peel the lauki and grate it.
Squeeze the grated lauki and keep it aside. (Do not discard the water as you can use this water for gravy).
Mix gram flour, garam masala, red chilli powder and salt to taste with the grated lauki. Mix everything well.
Now make small round shape balls out of it.
Heat oil in a kadai and deep fry them nicely till they get brown.
Take it out in a plate and set aside.
Remove the extra oil from the frying pan, keep about 2 to 3 tbsp oil in kadhai.
Now heat oil, add cumin seeds to it.
When the seeds starts spluttering add bay leaf, cinnmon stick and black cardamom.
Now add chopped onion, turmeric powder and salt to it. Fry until golden brown.
Add crushed ginger and garlic and fry until the raw smell goes off.
Then add wet masala to it and fry until the raw smell of masala goes off.
Now add tomato puree, stir and continue to fry the masala paste till it starts leaving oil from the sides.
Add the lauki juice and water as needed to the paste.
Stir and simmer for 10 minutes.Now add fried lauki kofta.
Switch off the fire and let them be in the curry for few minutes so that the koftas will become soft.
Garnish with coriander leaves and serve lauki kofta along with hot rotis, naan, jeera rice or plain rice.