Lauki kofta curry (bottle gourd)
Lauki kofta curry (bottle gourd)

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how to make bottle gourd kofta curry with detailed photo and video recipe. simple, healthy bottle guard recipe or lauki recipe prepared from deep fried grated bottle gourd with tomato and onion based sauce. this is an ideal curry and and best alternative to traditional malai kofta curry and can be easily served with roti or chapathi. 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, rice flour and ginger-garlic paste are cooked in spicy gravy of tomato and cashew nuts. Lauki Kofta is an Indian kofta curry made of deep fried lauki (bottle gourd) dumplings immersed in a spicy onion tomato gravy. It's named "Lauki ka Kofta" or "लौकी का कोफ्ता".

Lauki kofta curry (bottle gourd) is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Lauki kofta curry (bottle gourd) is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook lauki kofta curry (bottle gourd) using 14 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Lauki kofta curry (bottle gourd):
  1. Get 1 cup grated lauki (bottle gourd)
  2. Prepare 3 tbsp moong dal
  3. Prepare 2 tbsp ginger garlic coriander leaves paste
  4. Take 2 chopped onion
  5. Prepare 2 tsp coriander powder
  6. Take 1 tsp turmeric w
  7. Prepare 2 tsp red chilli powder (Kashmiri chilli)
  8. Get 1 tsp garam masala
  9. Make ready salt
  10. Prepare oil
  11. Get 1 bay leaf
  12. Make ready 1 cinnamon stick
  13. Prepare 2 cardamom
  14. Make ready 1 clove

Gram flour is normally known as chickpeas flour and made from chickpeas or garbanzo beans. This flour is a gluten-free and low in carb and makes a great flour option for keto diet. Peel and grate the bottle gourd and squeeze out the excess water from the grated bottle gourd and keep it aside. Into a large mixing bowl, add the grated lauki, turmeric, red chilli, coriander powder, garam masala, gram flour and salt to taste.

Instructions to make Lauki kofta curry (bottle gourd):
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Mix the mixture properly and make small round shape balls.
  4. 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.
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. Now add 1 cup water to make the gravy. Cover with the lid and cook further for some mins to get the desired consistency.
  8. Now it’s time to add the fried lauki ke kofte into the gravy. Cook for a min and switch off the burner.
  9. Lauki kofta curry is ready to serve. This kofta goes well with paratha nan and rice

Peel and grate the bottle gourd and squeeze out the excess water from the grated bottle gourd and keep it aside. Into a large mixing bowl, add the grated lauki, turmeric, red chilli, coriander powder, garam masala, gram flour and salt to taste. Lauki Kofta Curry is a delicious Indian gravy dish which mainly comprises of two parts - Gravy made from onion tomato base & dumplings made from mixture of Bottle gourd, gram flour & flavored with spices. These two mixed together & served make an excellent combination with Rice/Roti. The Lauki Kofta's (bottle gourd dumplings) on their own can be enjoyed as appetizers or as evening snacks with tea.

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