Lauki kofta

Ingredients

• 500 gbottle gourd
• ¾ cupbesan
• 1 ginger
• 1 green chilli
• 1 tspsalt
• 3 tbspoil
• 1 onion
• 2 tomato
• 1 tspcumin seeds
• ½ tspturmeric
• 1 tspcoriander powder
• ½ tspgaram masala

Method

1. 1.Grate the lauki, salt it and squeeze it very dry. Mix the pulp with besan, grated ginger, chopped chilli and half the salt.
2. 2.Shape small balls and shallow-fry them in oil until golden. Drain them.
3. 3.In the same pan fry cumin and onion, add tomato, turmeric, coriander powder and the remaining salt, and cook a thick masala.
4. 4.Loosen with a little water if needed, simmer, then slide the kofta in with garam masala. Heat through for 3 minutes without stirring hard.