Ingredients:
Bottle gourd 1 (medium sized)
Onion 2 (finely chopped)
Ginger 1 inch (grated)
Green chillies 2 (finely chopped)
Tomato 1 (grated)
Turmeric Powder 1/2 tsp
Coriander Powder 1/2 tsp
Chilli Powder 1/4 tsp
Cumin seed 1 tsp
Gram Flour (besan) 1 cup (or as much wanted for making koftas)
Salt according to taste
Oil 4 tbsp
Method:
1. Grate the bottle gourd and mix 1/2 tsp salt and keep aside for half an hour.
2. After half an hour strain water from the grated bottle gourd (otherwise too much of gram flour will be required.
3. Mix 1/4 amount of the finely chopped onion and green chilly and salt along with gram flour and grated & strained bottle gourd.
4. Make a dough with all these ingredients, so that it binds well. Now make small and flat balls out of this dough and deep fry in oil. Keep the balls aside.
5. For preparing the curry put oil in a pan or kadhai. When the oil is hot, put cumin seed and then the rest of the finely chopped onion in it. As the onions turns golden brown put turmeric powder, coriander powder, chilli powder and salt (to taste).
6. After frying the masala for half a minute put grated ginger and tomoto in it. When the masala is fried and starts leaving oil, put required amount of water for making the curry.
7. As the gravy starts boiling, put the fried balls in it. Remove it from fire after 2 minutes.
8. Now the kofta curry is ready to be served.
Note: Do not over boil the curry, otherwise the balls will break.
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