Lauki ke kofte

Hi Friends,

Most of us don't like the name of  lauki (Bottle gourd)- forget eating it but now some fitness freaks have started having lauki ka juice for it's weight losing properties.

With little innovation you can cook tasty dishes from this healthy vegetable and today I am going to discuss the recipe of Lauki ke kofte.

LAUKI KE KOFTE:

INGREDIENTS:

Lauki (Bottle gourd)

Pyaz (Onion)

Lehsun (Garlic)

Adrak (Ginger)

Tamatar (Tomato)

Hara Dhania (Coriander leaves)

Haldi (Turmeric) powder

Lal Mirchi (Red chili) powder

Dhania (Coriander) powder

Garam Masala

Namak (Salt)

Besan (Bengal Gram flour)

Oil

METHOD:

Wash, peel and grate lauki. Make a paste of pyaz, lehsun and adrak. Finely chop tamatar and hara dhania.

Add a little salt to grated lauki and put it aside for 10 minutes. Now squeeze out all the water from the grated lauki - the water can be used in gravy.

In squeezed lauki add some besan, haldi powder, lal mirch powder, garam masala and salt to taste- remember that you had added salt in lauki.Make small balls (kofte) of this mixture and fry in oil till golden brown.

In another pan take some oil and fry the onion, garlic and ginger paste in it.Add dhania powder, haldi powder, lal mirch powder, chopped tomatoes and a little salt- here again you need to remember that kofte already have salt in them and you are going to use  salted water from squeezed lauki for gravy. Better taste before you add any salt.

Fry this masala well till it starts leaving oil. Add water in it and give it 2-3 boils. Now add kofte and let it simmer till the gravy gets a little thick.

Transfer into serving dish and garnish with hara dhania.

TRICK: 

1.To have soft kofte, do not add too much besan into it.

2. At the time of adding kofte, the gravy has to be thin else it will not get absorbed into kofte.