Bottle Gourd Kofta

This is one of the many north indian side dishes which you will relish with poori or Chapathi..this you can have with the gravy or you can just prepare the koftas or have it hot like a tea time snack..The koftas and the gravy altogether took me 45 minutes to prepare but trust me all that standing for that long was worth it and you will definitely agree with me after trying this one!

Ingredients for the KOFTAS:

Bottle Gourd - 1
Rice Flour - 1 tsp
Besan Flour - 11/2 tbsp
Chilli powder - 1 tsp
Onion - 1
Baking soda - a pinch
Coriander leaves
Salt
Oil for frying
(you may add green chillies also)

Method:

You have to first peel the skin of the bottle gourd and remove the seeds.Grate the white portion or you can remove it and then grind it using mixie.Then take a bowl and add the shredded bottle gourd and add all the ingredients required for making Kofta.

Knead it into a thick dough and fry them in oil and set aside.

Ingredients for GRAVY:

Onion - 1
Tomato - 2
Ginger - 1 small piece
Garlic pods - 2
Cashew - 4 (should be soaked in hot water for 10 mins)

Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
chilli powder - 11/2 tsp
Garam masala - 1 tsp

Fresh yogurt
Cream
Oil - 2 tbsp
Salt

Method for GRAVY:

Chop onions and tomatoes.
Take a sauce pan and heat 2 tbsp of oil and add chopped onion, and once it turns translucent add tomatoes followed by ginger, garlic. add salt to this mixture. saute well.

Let it cool and grind it along with cashews.

Then heat a pan pour this grinded paste and add turmeric powder, chilli powder and garam masala. mix well. SALT NOT REQUIRED. Then once it boils switch off the stove and add fresh yogurt and cream.

Your Bottle gourd kofta is ready to be served with chapati/poori/fried rice/ pulav..or just have it just like that!