DUDHI / LAUKI KOFTA CURRY. Learn how to make Restaurant Style Lauki Curry at home with Chef Ruchi Bharani on Rajshri Food. Lauki is one such vegetable that not many people are fond of. In this Lauki Kofta Curry recipe, deep-fried koftas (round shaped deep fried spicy dumplings) made of grated bottle gourd, gram flour, rice flour and ginger-garlic paste are cooked in spicy gravy of tomato and cashew nuts.

These kofta are not deep fried but pan fried in a kuzhi paniyaram pan and has a lip Once done, keep the lauki kofta balls aside and we will use them only when we are ready to serve. For the kofta curry, add the cut. Lauki kofta recipe with step by step photos. You can have DUDHI / LAUKI KOFTA CURRY using 33 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of DUDHI / LAUKI KOFTA CURRY

You need of For Kofta -.
Prepare 200 gram of grated lauki.
Prepare 1 teaspoon of salt.
You need 1/2 teaspoon of carom seeds.
It's 1/4 teaspoon of Hing.
Prepare 1/4 teaspoon of turmeric.
Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of ginger paste.
Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of garlic paste.
You need 1/2 teaspoon of green chilli paste.
It's 1 tbsp of coriander leaves.
You need 1 tbsp of curd.
Prepare 1/2 cup of besan.
It's 1/4 teaspoon of soda bicarb.
It's 1/2 tablespoon of oil.
It's As needed of Oil to shallow fry.
It's of For curry -.
It's 3 tbsp of oil.
It's 2 tbsp of ghee.
Prepare 1 teaspoon of cumin.
You need 1/2 teaspoon of hing.
It's 3 of finely chopped onion.
It's 1 teaspoon of ginger paste.
It's 1 teaspoon of garlic paste.
It's 1 teaspoon of green chilli paste.
Prepare 1 teaspoon of turmeric.
It's 1 tbsp of coriander powder.
It's 1 tbsp of red chilli powder.
It's 1.5 tbsp of Garam masala.
It's 2 of finely chopped tomatoes.
Prepare 1/3 cup of curd.
Prepare 1 teaspoon of sugar.
It's to taste of Salt.
It's 2 tbsp of coriander leaves.

Lauki kofta is a light tomato-based delicious gravy dunked with koftas made from bottle gourd (lauki or ghia or dudhi). First time I heard about and also had lauki ke kofte at my in-law's home. I had never heard nor knew that a curry is made from bottle gourd koftas. Lauki Kofta curry is very popular curry recipe from Hyderabad.

DUDHI / LAUKI KOFTA CURRY instructions

Grate lauki, add salt and keep it aside for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, squeeze it nicely and take out all the water. Keep this water aside which can be added to the gravy later on..
Now to the grated lauki mix all the ingredients for kofta. If the mixture is a bit wet, use spoon to make kofta but do not add any extra besan as it will make the koftas bit hard..
Heat oil on medium flame. Fry all the koftas on medium heat until golden brown. Take out all the koftas on a kitchen towel and keep aside..
To make curry, heat oil and ghee in a pan. Add cumin seeds and let it Brown. Now add hing. Add ginger garlic and chilli paste and cook it for a minute. Now add finely chopped onions and cook until light brown in colour. Add all the dry spices to it and mix well. Now add chopped tomatoes to it and cook until oil separates..
Beat the curd lightly and add it to the gravy. Mix it quickly so that it does not separate..
Now add 3 cups of water to the gravy. Gravy should be thin as kofta will absorb lots of water. Now cook it for 10 more minutes. Now add sugar and coriander leaves to it and cook for 5 more minutes..
Keep gravy and kofta separate. At the time of serving, heat the gravy and add koftas to it and heat for 2 more minutes..
Serve hot lauki kofta curry with paratha..

For those who does not know, Lauki Kofta = deep fried balls made Lauki kofta recipe - kofta made from bottle gourd (lauki) and besan, then deep fried in the oil. These koftas are simmered in creamy, flavorful onion-tomato-yogurt gravy. Doodhi Kofta Curry is a side dish where Bottle Gourd balls are deep fried and cooked in a gravy. Heat Oil for deep-frying in a kadai and divide the mixture into small balls/Kofta and deep fry till golden brown. Remove on a kitchen towel and keep it aside.