Bottle Gourd Kofte

 Lauki Kofte

What is lauki kofte?

 Lauki kofta is a delicious tomato-based gravy dunked with koftas made from bottle gourd (lauki, ghia, or dudhi).

Ingredients:-

Bottle gourd, 500 gms

1 cup of chickpea flour.

2 large onions

1 cup pureed tomatoes

2 green chilies

2 tablespoons ginger garlic paste

½ tbsp carom seeds

½ tbsp Cumin

½ tbsp fennel

1 tablespoon red chilli powder

1 tablespoon turmeric

1 tablespoon coriander powder

½ tbsp dried fenugreek

1 tablespoon garam masala

Salt as per your taste.

1 tsp asafoetida

½ tbsp fenugreek

Cream can be used as a garnish.

Oil

Recipe :-

For Kofte

• Peel and grate the bottle gourd. Squeeze out the water completely and keep that water for making gravy.
• Now take chickpea flour and pour it into grated bottle gourd. Also pour some chopped onion, cumin, salt, chilli powder, carom, fennel, and 1 pinch of turmeric, then mix it well.
• Now make balls of it.

For the gravy:

• Take a pan and pour some oil in it. Now pour in asafoetida, cumin, ginger garlic paste, and tomato puree. Now stir it with the help of a spoon.
• When our gravy is ready, add some water to it and put it on a low flame .
• On top, garnish it with cream.