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No Onion,Garlic or Cream Lauki Kofta Curry

Aanchal Gupta
Restaurant style no onion,garlic or cream gravy with lauki ke appe/kofte make this a very healthy and delicious dish.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Indian
Servings 15 -20 kofte

Ingredients
  

For Lauki koftas

  • 2 cups Grated lauki/Ghiya/Bottlegourd
  • 1/2 Medium Onion chopped(optional)
  • 3 green chilies chopped
  • 2 tbsp Cilantro/Coriander/Dhaniya
  • 1 tsp Whole Coriander seeds crushed coarsely
  • 1/2 tsp Red Chili powder/Lal Mirch powder
  • Salt as per taste about 1 tsp
  • 1/2 cup Gramflour/Besan or as needed to bind
  • Ghee/Oil for cooking

For No Onion,garlic or Cream Curry

  • 1/2 cup Cashews
  • 1 cup Crushed Tomatoes
  • 2 tsp Green Chilies minced
  • 2 tsp Ginger minced
  • 2 tsp Cumin/Jeera
  • 1 tsp Paprika optional for additional color
  • 4 Green Cardamoms/Elaichi crushed
  • 1 tbsp Kasoori Methi/dry Fenugreek leaves
  • 1 cup Milk Full fat preferred. I used 2 %(For vegan option, use water)
  • 2 Tbsp Butter/Ghee/Oil For vegan option use oil
  • 1/2 cup water for grinding

Instructions
 

For lauki Kofte

  • Grate lauki/Ghiya and squeeze out as much water as possible.
  • Add all the ingredients, except salt.
  • Heat up the Appe pan and put few drops of ghee/oil in EACH CAVITY.
  • Add salt and mix the batter well
  • Put dollops of batter in each cavity and brown well on both sides.
  • Enjoy with chatni as an appetizer or as a meal dunked in gravy.

For No Onion,garlic or Cream Curry

  • Blend Cashews, Crushed tomatoes and 1/2 cup water till smooth.
  • In 3 tbsp Butter/Ghee/Oil add Cumin/Jeera and let it crackle.
  • Add crushed Green Cardamoms, stir and add ginger and green chili paste till the raw smell of ginger goes away.
  • Add tomato-cashew paste and stir for few minutes.
  • Add paprika and Kasoori Methi and continue to stir.
  • Add milk and bring to a boil and continue to cook till fat separates(For vegan option add water)
  • The curry will thicken upon keeping,so add milk/water as needed.
  • Add koftas and bring to a boil and serve immediately.

Notes

You can fry the lauki kofte, I made them in the appe pan to keep them low in fat. You can use cream for a richer,creamier taste, however ,it tastes just as great with milk.Vegans,use water instead of milk.The gravy will thicken, add water/milk as needed.
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