Lauki Kofta Curry
Lauki Kofta Curry

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, lauki kofta curry. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Lauki Kofta Curry is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Lauki Kofta Curry is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have lauki kofta curry using 27 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Lauki Kofta Curry:
  1. Get 4-5 tbsp Cooking Oil
  2. Get 1 Large Bay Leaf
  3. Make ready 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
  4. Prepare 2 Cloves
  5. Prepare 1 Piece Cinnamon Stick
  6. Get 2 tbsp Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder
  7. Prepare 2 tbsp Coriander Powder
  8. Take 1 tsp Garam Masala Powder
  9. Get 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
  10. Make ready 1 tsp Kasuri Methi
  11. Get as per taste Salt
  12. Take 2 cups Tomato Puree (3 Tomatoes)
  13. Take 1 tbsp Coriander Leaves (For Garnish)
  14. Prepare 1 tbsp Fresh Cream (For Garnish)
  15. Get To be Ground into a Smooth Paste:
  16. Get 3 Onions
  17. Prepare 3 Long Green Chillies
  18. Get 6 Cloves Garlic
  19. Get 1 Inch Ginger
  20. Get For the Lauki Kofta:
  21. Make ready 1 small Bottlegourd/Lauki (Grated)
  22. Prepare 200 gms Besan/Chickpea Flour
  23. Prepare 1 tsp Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder
  24. Make ready 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
  25. Get as per taste Salt
  26. Take as required Water (1 or 2 cups accordingly)
  27. Get as required Oil (For Deep Frying)
Steps to make Lauki Kofta Curry:
  1. Firstly, wash the bottle gourd. Peel off the skin. Grate it and add it to a large mixing bowl. To it, add besan, kashmiri red chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt and water. Mix well to make a smooth paste.
  2. Heat oil in a deep frying pan on medium flame. Gently, drop in spoonful of batter and fry on both sides till golden brown. Drain on paper towels to absorbs the extra oil and set aside.
  3. To make a paste for the gravy, add onions, green chillies, ginger and garlic to a blender and blend into a smooth paste. Set aside.
  4. Blend the tomatoes into a puree and set aside. 3 tomatoes depending on its size, will give 2 cups tomato puree.
  5. In a pan, heat 4-5 tablespoons oil. Add bay leaves, cumin seeds, cloves and cinnamon and allow it to sizzle for few seconds.
  6. Next add the ground onion ginger garlic green chillies paste and saute it well till the raw smell leaves and water content reduced totally.
  7. Now add in the masalas. Ie. Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, garam masala powder and kasuri methi. Saute it well till the masalas are cooked.
  8. Add in the tomato puree and saute till oil appears at its surface.
  9. Add water according to required consistency and allow it to boil till you see traces of oil at the surface.
  10. Add the fried lauki kofta and salt. Cover and cook for few minutes.
  11. Garnish with coriander leaves and fresh cream.
  12. Delicious Lauki Kofta Curry is ready. Serve it immediately with roti, paratha, rice etc.

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