Bread Koftas in bottle gourd gravy

Bread Koftas in bottle gourd gravy

Ingredients for koftas

Bread slices 6 cut the edges          ½- 1 cup thick curds           salt ½ tsp         green chilies 3-4 finely cut

Fresh coriander leaves 2 tbsp        maida/ refined flour 2-3 tbsp to bind

Method 

Pour ½ cup curds over bread slices, mash well with green chilies, coriander leaves, salt, add 2 tbsp maida.

If you can make perfect round balls, then the mixture is fine. But if it is sticky then add little more maida to bind well, if it is too dry add a little more curds. Once you make perfect round balls, heat oil, fry the koftas golden brown, remove. If the oil is hot enough, the koftas will not break. Keep it aside.

Ingredients for gravy

Bottle gourd ½ kg grated & cooked in little water & ground to a paste      onion paste 1 cup

Tomato paste 1 cup       chili pdr. 1 tsp        turmeric pdr ½ tsp      garam masala 1.2 tsp

Oil 1 tbsp         jeera/cumin 1 tsp           curds 1 tbsp    ginger-garlic paste 2 tsp

salt to taste      fresh coriander leaves 2 tbsp

Method

Heat oil, add jeera, once it crackles, add onion paste fry well. Then add ginger-garlic paste, fry well for 1 minute, then add tomato paste fry well adding the dry powders, except salt, fry well till oil comes out on low flame. Then add curds fry well for 2 minutes, add little water & bottle gourd paste, coriander leaves little, salt boil well. Just before serving add koftas & garnish with remaining coriander leaves