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Wednesday 7 September, 2011

Sorakai kofta

Ingredients:
Sorakai (Bottle gourd) - 250 gms
Gram flour - 1/2 cup
Rice flour - 2 spoons
Corn flour - 1 spoon
Green chillies - 3
Grated ginger - 1 spoon
Coriander powder - 1 spoon
Jeera - 1 spoon
Cloves - 3
Bay leaves - 2
Cinnamon stick - 1 inch
Red chilli powder - 1 spoon
Ginger garlic paste - 1 spoon
Onions - 2
Tomatoes - 3
Coriander leaves
Water
Oil

Procedure:
Grate the sorakai and squeeze the excess water from it.
Now add gram flour, rice flour, corn flour, green chillies, ginger and salt in it.
Heat a pan with oil for deep frying. Once oil is heated take the lemon size balls of the batter and deep fry in oil.
When the kofta turns golden brown remove from it and place it on a tissue paper.
Repeat the same for the remaining batter.
Heat another pan and add 1 spoon oil in it.
Once oil is heated add jeera, onions and tomatoes. When they are half cooked remove from pan and allow it to cool.
Once it is cooled grind it to fine paste.
In the same pan add little oil. When oil is heated add cloves, bay leaves and cinnamon.
Now add ginger garlic paste and stir for 2-3 mins. Add the ground paste prepared above, red chilli powder, coriander powder and salt.
Add little water as per the consistency you need for gravy.
Cook until it comes to a boil. Now add the kofta balls.
After 5mins remove from stove. Dont serve immediately wait for 5-10mins until the koftas become soft in gravy.

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