Vegetable kofta Curry

Ingredients:

For Kofta:

• Cooked Vegetables - 1 cup (Peas, beans, carrot)
• Boiled potato - 1 (Medium size potato)
• Chilli powder - 1 tsp
• Dhania powder/Coriander powder - 1 tsp
• Salt
• Besan – 2 tsp
• Wheat flour - 1/2 cup
• Oil for deep fry

For Gravy:

• Tomato – 2
• Onion paste – ½ cup
• Chilli powder - 2 tsp
• Dhania powder/Coriander powder - 2 tsp
• Salt
• Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
• Coriander leaves to garnish
• Cinnamon – small piece
• Ginger – small piece
• Cloves – 2
• Ghee – 4 tsp
• Water – 1/2 cup
• Bay leaf - 1

Method:

• In a mixing bowl mash boiled potato, add cooked vegetables, chilli powder, dhania powder, besan, salt and mix well
• Make small balls of the above mixture and slightly roll it over wheat flour (This helps in giving good binding to the vegetable mixture) and deep fry them till golden brown
• Now Koftas are ready, set them aside
• Grind tomatoes, ginger, cinnamon to fine paste
• Take a pan, add ghee, once it’s heated add cloves, bay leaf and fry for 1 mins
• Add onion paste and keep stirring till it turns brown
• Now add tomato paste, turmeric powder and continue stirring for few more minutes
• Add chilli powder, dhania powder, salt , water and boil for 10 min. Stir occasionally
• Just before serving, heat the gravy, add koftas to the gravy, mix it slightly and garnish with coriander leaves
• Tastes good with Chapatis/Rotis

Servings – For 2 people