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Lauki kofta

Name: Lauki kofta
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 500 g bottle gourd; 0.75 cup besan; 1 piece ginger; 1 piece green chilli; 1 tsp salt; 3 tbsp oil; 1 piece onion; 2 piece tomato; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 0.5 tsp turmeric; 1 tsp coriander powder; 0.5 tsp garam masala

Bottle gourd and besan dumplings, shallow-fried and rested in a tomato-onion gravy. No curd and no wheat, so the curry stays vegan.

45 min

0 of 4 steps done

4 servings

Heat: Medium

Approximate nutrition

A rough guide per original serving, not a lab test.

Energy240 per serving
Protein7g per serving
Carbs22g per serving
Fibre4g per serving

Ingredients

Method

1.Grate the lauki, salt it and squeeze it very dry. Mix the pulp with besan, grated ginger, chopped chilli and half the salt.
2.Shape small balls and shallow-fry them in oil until golden. Drain them.
3.In the same pan fry cumin and onion, add tomato, turmeric, coriander powder and the remaining salt, and cook a thick masala.
4.Loosen with a little water if needed, simmer, then slide the kofta in with garam masala. Heat through for 3 minutes without stirring hard.

Lauki kofta

Approximate nutrition

Ingredients

Method

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