HARIYALI LAUKI KOFTA

Bottle guard fritters cooked in green gravy made up of spinach, mint and coriander leaves.

S.No	Ingredients	Quantity
1	Bottle guard (grated)	250 grm
2	Onion chopped	100 grm
3	Ginger chopped	10 grm
4	Garlic chopped	10 grm
5	Green chillies	15 grm
6	Tomatoes finely chopped	100 grm
7	Cumin seed	1/2 tbsp
8	Dry red chillies	2-3 no
9	Turmeric powder	½ tbsp
10	Red chilli powder	¼ tbsp
11	Coriander powder	½ tbsp
12	Garam masala	½ tbsp
13	Kasuri methi	½ tbsp
14	Mustard oil	2 tbsp
15	Spinach	200 grm
16	Mint leaves	25 grm
17	Coriander leaves	25 grm
18	Salt	10 grm
19	Ghee	25 grm
20	Besan/maida	20 grm
21	Corn flour	10 grm
22	Refined oil	For frying kofta
23	Cream	10 ml

Method of Preparation

1.       Blanch the spinach and add with mint leaves, coriander leaves and green chillies in a blender make a fine paste out of it.

2.       Grate the lauki and squeeze it so that extra water goes off.

3.       Then add cumin seed, salt, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, chopped onion, ginger, green chillies and garlic in grated lauki. Then add besan or maida and corn flour into it.

4.       Make a 15 grm balls out of it and deep fry it and keep it aside.

5.       Take a kadhai add mustard oil heat it and then add cumin seed and dry red chilli.

6.       Then add chopped ginger, garlic and green chillies fry it for approx. 1 minute.

7.       Then add chopped onion and cook it until onion is brown colour.

8.       Then add turmeric powder, red chilli powder and then add chopped tomatoes.

9.       Then add salt and cook it until tomatoes are cooked well.

10.   Then add kofta and add salt according to your taste.

11.   Add garam masala and roasted kasuri methi powder.

12.   Finish it with cream.

13.   Serve hot with pulao/roti/paratha/naan.