Ingredients for making Lauki Kofta:
1. Bottle gourd : 1
2. Tomato : 4
3. Ginger : about one inch piece
4. Coriander powder : 2 table spoon
5. Turmeric powder : 1/2 table spoon
6. Kashmiri red chilli powder : 1 table spoon
7. Black pepper powder : 1/2 table spoon
8. Gram flour : 6 to 7 table spoon
9. Asafoetida : a pinch
10. Garam masala : 1/2 table spoon
11. Kasuri methi
12. Mustard oil
13. Ghee : 2 table spoon
14. Bay leaf : 2
15. Salt as per taste
16. Green chilli : 9 to 10
Method of making Lauki Kofta:
To make Lauki Kofta, firstly take Lauki Wash the gourd and remove its peel, and then grate it. Press the grated gourd with your hand to remove its water.
Now heat a pan on the gas and then add oil and heat it well. Add gram flour, 45 green chillies finely chopped and a little salt to the grated gourd, give it the shape of small pakodas and put it in hot oil and fry it by turning it over on medium flame.
Fry all the pakodas in the same way and then if the oil in the same pan gets less, then add some more oil and first put asafoetida, bay leaves and grated ginger in it.
Add ginger and make it light golden, and then add finely ground tomatoes and green chillies, add coriander powder, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, black pepper powder and fry the spices well on low flame.
Now add Kasuri Methi and fry for two to three minutes more, and then add water as per your requirement. Now let the gravy boil well for about ten minutes, and then add koftas, add garam masala and ghee, and cook for five more minutes.
Now turn off the gas, very tasty bottle gourd koftas are ready. Serve it with rice, roti, puri or paratha.
