Vegetable Kofta
Vegetable Koftas are lemon sized deep fried balls made with mixed vegetables, potatoes and paneer and then dunked into a delicious silky tomato gravy.
Ingredients
Koftas
- 2 medium potatoes boiled
- 1/2 cup iced vegetables (beans peas and carrots ) boiled
- 1/2 cup paneer grated
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- 2 green chillies
- 2 tbsp coriander leaves
- Few mint leaves
- 1/4 tsp garam masala
- 2-3 drops lemon juice
- 1 tbsp corn flour
- cashews broken ( optional )
Gravy
- 2-3 tbsp oil
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- 2 onions roughly chopped
- 1 tbsp ginger paste
- 4 tomatoes
- 1 tsp red chilly powder
- 11/2 tsp coriander powder
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 1/2 tsp garam masala
- Salt to taste
Instructions
Koftas
- Peel and mash the potatoes .
- Add the boiled veggies , grated paneer .
- Now add all the other ingredients under Kofta .
- Mix very well .
- Check the spices at this point .
- Pinch out lemon sized balls and shape them either round or oblong .
- Heat oil and fry the Koftas till golden .
- Keep aside .
Gravy
- Heat oil and add the cumin seeds and bay leaf .
- Now add onions and sauté till they are nice and pink .
- Add ginger paste and green chillies . Cook for a minute and add the tomatoes .
- Simmer and cook till the tomatoes are mushy . Add the dry spices .
- Once the spices have cooked with the onion tomato mix , remove the pot from the flame . Let cool .
