I usually prepare gravy using bottle gourd. But hubby started to dislike it . So nowadays I don’t buy bottle gourd. The chef in me wanted to disguise it in a dish and wanted to make my hubby relish it. Yesterday I bought a bottle gourd without hubby’s knowledge and transformed it into this delicious gravy and my hubby don’t know it yet. He liked the koftas and gravy and polished off his plate. He asked me about the ingredient but I didn’t tell him. I serve it with rotis and the combination was wonderful. I also used spinach crumbs in the koftas. You can take a look at my post on spinach crumbs here. I used grated bottle gourd in the koftas. When adding the grated bottle gourd, remove all the water from it . Otherwise the koftas will absorb lots of oil and become soggy. You can add the water from the bottle gourd in the gravy.
Ingredients: For The Koftas: Moong Dhal-1/2cup Grated Bottle Gourd/ Lauki/ Suraikai-1cup Red Chilly Powder-1/4tsp Black Sesame Seeds-1tsp Salt-to taste Spinach Crumbs-1/4cup Besan/ Kadalai Mavu/ Chick pea Flour-2-3tbs Oil-For Deep Frying
For The Gravy: Onion-2 Green Chilly-2 Tomato-3 Garlic-5pods Red Chilly Powder-1tsp Coriander Powder-1/2tsp Cumin Powder-1/4tsp Garam Masala-1.4tsp Turmeric Powder-1/2tsp Ginger Powder-1/4tsp Oil-5tbs Fennel Seeds/ Sombu-1tsp Cinnamon-1 piece Cardamom-1 Clove-1 Sugar-1tbs
Procedure: 1. Soak the moong dhal for 2hours. 2. Drain water completely and grind it a coarse paste without adding water. 3. Add the spinach crumbs, sesame, turmeric, besan and grated bottle gourd. 4. Add salt to taste and mix everything together. 5. Heat oil in a pan. Make lemon sized balls out of the dough and deep fry them on medium flame. 6. When brownish in colour, remove from oil and keep it aside. I got 12 koftas for the given ingredients. 7. Heat 2tbs oil in a pan and saute onion, tomato, garlic and green chillies. 8. When tomatoes are cooked, add little water and bring it to boil. 9. Remove from fire and when cool grind it to a fine paste. 10. Heat remaining oil and splutter fennel, cinnamon, cardamom and clove. Add the paste and add in all the spice powders, turmeric powder and salt. 11. Add water to make the gravy thin. Let it boil for 2 minutes. 12. Drop in the koftas, simmer and cover the pan. Let it cook for 5-8minutes. 13. Sprinkle the sugar on top of the gravy and koftas. 14. Garnish with spinach spirals and serve hot with roti or naan.
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Koftas look beautiful! I generally make them with gram flour but I loved your moong dal version…for sure healthier! 🙂 Thanks for sharing such a hunger provoking post. 🙂
lauki is not my favorite but still Looks lovely. Great post..! I am hosting my first blog event plus giveaway – Valentines Special. Do check it out and be a part of it. Would be great..! My event- Valentines Day Special
This look Delicious…You have made it awesome..Totally YUMMO..
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wow! great cooking. looks delicious.
I’m a big fan of your step by step pics & recipes 🙂 Love all the eggless bakes too!
wow..this is something new for me..looks great..
good one !
Amazing pics, really droolwrothy recipe…
Lauki koftha is new to me..this one looks so delicious…
Koftas look beautiful!
I generally make them with gram flour but I loved your moong dal version…for sure healthier! 🙂
Thanks for sharing such a hunger provoking post. 🙂
Super tempting kofta curry,simply inviting.
Tempting kofta curry…yummy..
lauki is not my favorite but still Looks lovely. Great post..! I am hosting my first blog event plus giveaway – Valentines Special. Do check it out and be a part of it. Would be great..!
My event- Valentines Day Special
Drooling here…yummy looking