Dudhi Kofta curry
Dudhi or bottle guard is not a favourite of many people. Very rarely it is a favourite main course dish of anyone. But Dudhi has many medicinal qualities and its consumption improves digestion, treats urinary problems, helps in losing weight and good for heart and liver, recomended by doctors for diabetic patients etc. Drinking lauki juice has become popular among health conscious people, but if you do not want to drink lauki juice neither are you fond of this vegetable, but still for healthy reasons you have to eat it, then this recipe will suffice both the objectives. Your tongue will also have a great taste and you can also remain healthy. So lets move on to this unique recipe of Dudhi (lauki).
Ingredients: serves 3 people
Dudhi (half)
Gram flour
Rice flour
Salt
Oil
Cashews
Onions
Dry coconut
Ginger, garlic and green chilli paste
Curd/ yoghurt
Garam masala
Water
Recipe - this quantity serves 3 people
Kofta
Grate 1/2 bottle gaurd. Add 3 spoons gram flour, 1 spoon rice flour, asafoetida, turmeric, red chilli powder and salt. mix the mixture. Do not add any water, as dudhi itself leaves water. You can deep fry the mixture and remove bhaji's/ pakodas out of it.
Curry
Now add 1 tbsp. oil in a kadhai. Add 5- cashews and roast it from both sides till it turns brown. Then similarly toss onion and dry coconut. Grind all the 3 in a grinder and make a smoothly paste by adding sufficient water. Now pour 3 tbsp oil and add 2 tbsp. ginger-garlic-green chilli paste to it. Then add the grinded mixture and saute it till the mixture starts leaving oil. then add, 2 tbsp. curd, 1 tbsp. garam masala, salt to taste and water. If you want the curry to be more spicy, then you can add red chilli powder. You can add more of water depending upon how thick you want the curry. let the curry boil. Once it has started boiling add the koftas into it and let it boil for 2-3 mins. The koftas will get soaked in the curry well and this will help you to adjust the water levels and salt. Your Dudhi/Lauki Kofta curry is ready to be served with chapatis.
Ingredients: serves 3 people
Dudhi (half)
Gram flour
Rice flour
Salt
Oil
Cashews
Onions
Dry coconut
Ginger, garlic and green chilli paste
Curd/ yoghurt
Garam masala
Water
Recipe - this quantity serves 3 people
Kofta
Grate 1/2 bottle gaurd. Add 3 spoons gram flour, 1 spoon rice flour, asafoetida, turmeric, red chilli powder and salt. mix the mixture. Do not add any water, as dudhi itself leaves water. You can deep fry the mixture and remove bhaji's/ pakodas out of it.
Curry
Now add 1 tbsp. oil in a kadhai. Add 5- cashews and roast it from both sides till it turns brown. Then similarly toss onion and dry coconut. Grind all the 3 in a grinder and make a smoothly paste by adding sufficient water. Now pour 3 tbsp oil and add 2 tbsp. ginger-garlic-green chilli paste to it. Then add the grinded mixture and saute it till the mixture starts leaving oil. then add, 2 tbsp. curd, 1 tbsp. garam masala, salt to taste and water. If you want the curry to be more spicy, then you can add red chilli powder. You can add more of water depending upon how thick you want the curry. let the curry boil. Once it has started boiling add the koftas into it and let it boil for 2-3 mins. The koftas will get soaked in the curry well and this will help you to adjust the water levels and salt. Your Dudhi/Lauki Kofta curry is ready to be served with chapatis.
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