Ingredients:
For making kofta
- Bottle Gourd ( grated ) : 1 cup
- Besan / kadala mavu : 1 tblsp
- Red chilli pwd : 1/2 tsp
- Salt : to taste
For making gravy
- Onion : 1 med
- Tomatoes : 3 big
- Ginger : a small piece
- Garlic Pods : 4-5 nos
- Green chillies : 3
- Red chilli pwd : 1/2 tsp
- Coriander pwd : 1 1/2 tsp
- Garam Masalas : 1 tsp
- Salt : to taste
- Coriander (chopped) : 1 tblsp
- Water : abt 2 cups
- Cashewnut : 4 nos ( optional )
Method:
- Wash and peel the skin of lauki..( i took 10 -12 cms of lauki ).Then grate the it. Its not so tough to grate ..
- Soon after u grate it, just squeeze it with ur hands (just like we do to take coconut milk from coconut..no need to add water as lauki is resource of water)
- Take the water from it in a bowl and keep it aside..this we can add with the gravy
- In the lauki , add the besan, red chilli pwd and salt and mix well..NEVER ADD WATER.
- Make balls of it.
- Heat oil in a kadai / unniappam chatti ..( I used unniappam chatti bcoz it consumes less oil and easy to fry it up)
- Add the ball to it and in medium heat fry it .
- If in unni appam chatti. when one side gets cooked, flip it to other side
- Place these koftas into a tissue paper to remove excess oil
- Now we can make the gravy ....
- In a blender add diced onion, garlic, ginger, green chillies, tomatoes, cashew and ground it into a smooth paste
- In a kadai, add little oil and when it heats up, add the grounded paste and saute it in medium flame
- When the paste reduces, and oil comes out of it, add the tumeric pwd, coriander pwd, red chilli pwd ,garam masala and salt and saute for 2 minutes
- When the masalas gets sauted well ,add abt 2 cups of water and add the strained gourd water to it
- Let it boil in slow flame for 10 - 12 minutes
- Then add the koftas and chopped coriander leaves and switch off the stove.....
- Lauki Kofta is ready
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