Lakheshwar Yadav/Janjgir Champa: People make faces as soon as they hear the name of some vegetables. Lauki (bottle gourd) is also one of these vegetables. But the truth is that if the bottle gourd is prepared in the right way, it tastes best. You can also make koftas (Lauki Kofte) from bottle gourd. Whatever problem you face while preparing koftas, you will find the answer to it in this article. You can also watch the entire recipe in the video attached in this article.
How to make Lauki Kofta?
To make bottle gourd koftas, first peel the bottle gourd. Then grate it and chop it finely. Now squeeze this fine bottle gourd well and dry it. Now add gram flour (gram flour), turmeric powder, ginger-garlic paste, finely chopped green chilies, finely chopped onion and salt and mix well. After mixing well, make sure that it is not too wet, if it is wet, you can add a little more gram flour and mix well.
Follow these steps to make koftas
1. Now put a pan on medium flame and add oil for frying. When the oil is hot, make round balls of bottle gourd and gram flour paste and put them in the oil and keep filtering. Fry them till they turn light golden red. After this, take out the kaftas in a plate.
2. Now heat some oil in a pan on medium flame. Add cumin seeds, bay leaves, onion and fry it till it turns golden. After this, make a paste of garlic and onion and add it to it and fry everything together.
3. Now add red chili powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder, turmeric powder and salt as per taste. Mix everything well and fry on low flame for 1-2 minutes.
4. Now add water to this gravy and let it cook on low flame for about five minutes. Keep stirring it occasionally so that it does not stick to the pan.
5. Now add the round balls of kofta fried in gourd oil in this gravy. Mix everything well and let it cook for 5-6 minutes. Then turn off the gas.
Everyone will be happy
Usually people prepare gourd in a simple way, which seems very boring. But people become happy after eating koftas made from gourd. Everyone from children to guests will eat this vegetable happily.
FIRST PUBLISHED : July 17, 2024, 13:33 IST
