Dassana's Veg Recipes· by Dassana Amit★ 4.8 (91)

Lauki Kofta | Lauki ke Kofte

Name: Lauki Kofta | Lauki ke Kofte
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: indian
Ingredients: 2 cups bottle gourd (- grated (lauki, dudhi, ghia or opo squash, long melon, calabash)); 4 tablespoons gram flour ((besan)); ¼ teaspoon garam masala; ¼ teaspoon red chili powder (or cayenne pepper); ½ teaspoon green chili (- finely chopped or 1 green chili); salt (as required); oil (as required, for deep or shallow frying the kofta); 2 tomatoes (- large-sized, roughly chopped); 1 onion, (- medium-sized, roughly chopped); ½ to 1 teaspoon green chillies (- chopped or 1 green chilli); 1 teaspoon ginger (- chopped or 1 inch peeled ginger); 4 to 5 garlic cloves, (- small to medium-sized, roughly chopped); 2 tablespoons cashews (- broken or roughly chopped); 1 teaspoon cumin seeds; ¼ or ½ teaspoon red chili powder (or cayenne pepper); ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder ((ground turmeric)); 1 teaspoon coriander powder ((ground coriander)); ¼ or ½ teaspoon garam masala; 1 cup water (or add as required); 2 tablespoons oil (- if using fresh oil); salt (as required); ½ teaspoon sugar (or add as required, optional)

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 4 · 1h total

Servings

Calories

39% of a 2,000 cal day

785KCAL

Protein

3g7% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat84g

100%

Saturated6g

31%

Unsaturated78g

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Total Carbs13g

Fiber3g

Total Sugars4g

—

incl. Added Sugars0g

Starch6g

—

Sodium315mg

14%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

Soft bottle gourd fritters dunked in a light, tangy onion-tomato curry with spices and cashews. A mild, comforting vegetable-based main from North India.

Ingredients

4 SERVINGS

For making lauki kofta

2 cupsbottle gourd (lauki, dudhi, ghia, opo squash, long melon, calabash) — grated
4 tbspgram flour (besan)
¼ tspgaram masala
¼ tspred chili powder — or cayenne pepper
½ tspgreen chili — finely chopped, or 1 green chili
salt — as needed
oil — as needed

For making masala paste

2large tomatoes — roughly chopped
1onion — medium, roughly chopped
½–1 tspgreen chillies — chopped, 1
1 tspginger — chopped or peeled, 1 inch
4–5garlic cloves — small to medium, roughly chopped
2 tbspcashews

Other ingredients

1 tspcumin seeds
¼–½ tspred chili powder — or cayenne pepper
¼ tspturmeric powder (ground turmeric)
1 tspcoriander powder (ground coriander)
¼–½ tspgaram masala
1 cupwater
2 tbspoil
salt — as needed
½ tspsugar — optional

Quantities update with the servings stepper.

Method

1h total

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Nutrition is estimated by Chive from the ingredients above, per serving.

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