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

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Lauki kofta Curry लौकी के नर्म मुलायम कोफ्ते की मसालेदार करी 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. Here is a healthy, delicious and tasty Lauki Kofta Curry which you will absolutely love.

Lauki kofta curry (bottle gourd) is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Lauki kofta curry (bottle gourd) is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular 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 that.

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

I had never heard nor knew that a curry is made from bottle gourd. Lauki kofta recipe - kofta made from bottle gourd (lauki) and besan, then deep fried in the oil. These koftas are simmered in creamy, flavorful onion-tomato-yogurt gravy. Lauki or bottle gourd is also known as Ghiya or doodhi or Dudhi or Opo squash.

Steps 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

In this summer season, it is available in all Indian. Oil - for frying and gravy. How to make Lauki Kofta curry : Take some grated bottle gourd, press out the juice, add chickpea flour, green chilli , ginger paste, turmeric powder, coriander powder, red chili. Lauki Kofta is an excellent alternative for paneer kofta curry and can be made instead of the former as a summer special Indian main-course After grating the bottle gourd, squeeze out the excess water carefully. Summer squash is rich in water and it's necessary to get rid of this fluid for making the kofta.

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