The kofta curry is usually served with piping hot variety of Indian breads or steaming hot rice. You can make koftas with any stuffing you like. For this recipe, I am using bottle gourd and potato as the base. Other varieties of these dumplings include Paneer, Khoya (Mawa), Chicken, Zucchini, Yams and even Pumpkin. This curry is 100% Vegan. You can top it with some coconut cream as I have done for the garnish. Typically we use fresh whole milk cream. Yes it is. This recipe calls for gram flour, which is gluten free, including all other ingredients we will be using.
Boil the potato in the microwave without using water. 3 mins on either side. This will ensure that your potato is boiled and does not have any water. Use a shredder to shred the bottle gourd. I would highly recommend to do this step manually and not in the food processor.
Tightly squeeze out the access water from bottle gourd and save it for later use in the curry. Keep the squeezed bottle gourd separately. Spice your Koftas well. The oozing flavor of koftas in the curry will enhance the flavor of your kofta curry on another level We use gram flour as the binding agent for the koftas. Add little at a time and as required, to make sure your koftas are still flavored with potatoes and bottle gourd instead of gram flour. Heat the oil to fry them on medium high flame and fry the koftas on a medium flame for their beautiful golden orange color from outside and make sure they have cooked well from inside.
Step 1 - Microwave one large Potato in Microwave for 3 Minutes on either side. Keep it aside to cool. Shred the bottle gourd, remove access water by tightly pressing it. Next peel the potato mash and add it to the bowl. Also add the bottle gourd. Keep the access water aside for later use. And add the spices. Step 2 - Add Besan and salt. Mix it well. The salt will help to release more water from the bottle gourd so don’t use any water to bind everything together. The mixture should have a tight consistency to make Kofta balls. Step 3 - Heat the oil on a medium high flame. Once hot fry the koftas on medium flame until orangish golden on the outside. Frying on medium heat will ensure that they are cooked thoroughly on the inside. Keep them side on a Kitchen towel lined plate.
There you have your gorgeous koftas ready!!
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