Servings:  4                                                                                           

Time:        20 – 25 minutes

Ingredients

For Kofta

1. Grated Bottle guard                  2 medium Bowl
2. Gram Flour                                 4 tbsp
3. Salt                                               to taste
4. Red Chili Powder                       1 tsp

For Gravy

1. Onion Chopped                            1 Large
2. Tomatoes  Pureed                       2 Medium
3. Green Chili                                   3-4
4. Ginger                                           1 inch
5. Garlic                                            7-8 cloves
6. Turmeric Powder                        ½ tsp
7. Coriander Powder                       1 tsp
8. Cumin Powder                             1 tsp
9. Salt                                                 to taste
10. Red Chili Powder                         1 tsp
11. Chopped Coriander Leaves        1 tbsp

Method

For Kofta

1. Take grated bottle guard and squeeze it to remove excess water.
2. Add all the ingredients and mix it to make dough (a little thicker then pakodi, and thinner then roties).
3. Heat oil in a kadai and deep-fry the prepared koftas until golden brown in color and crisp from the outside.
4. Drain and remove onto an absorbent paper (it can be set of tissue papers).

For Gravy

1. Make puree of ginger, garlic and green chili.
2. Heat oil in a pan, add chopped onions and sauté until light golden brown.
3. Add ginger, garlic and green chili paste, stir-fry briefly.
4. Add turmeric powder, coriander powder, cumin powder , red chili powder and salt. Continue to cook on medium heat for one minute, stirring continuously.
5. Add tomato puree and cook on high heat, stirring continuously till oil begins to separate.
6. Add 1  cup of water and bring it to a boil.
7. Gently add the fried koftas and simmer for another three to four minutes.
8. Garnished with chopped fresh coriander leaves.
9. Serve with roti/parantha.

Note:

1. If you want to use Garam Masala:Take 1 tsp of garam masala.Add ½ tsp of garama masala while adding the red chili powder in gravy and rest of the garam masala,use it in garnishing.
2. Milk/Cream: To make rich gravy, Instead of adding the 1 cup of water,can use 1 cup milk/1/2 cup cream. If you are using milk/cream,increase the quantity of all the masalas by 1/4^th (like instead of using 1 tsp red chili powder use 1 ¼ tsp red chili powder).
3. Instead of making the koftas like pakodies ,can make the koftas as balls with the wet palm.In that case the dough should be thicker then which we used here.