Kofta Curry
- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 27
- Serves:
-
6-8
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1 medium onion, diced fine
- 1 large carrot, peeled and diced fine
- 3 celery hearts, diced fine
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 3 green chilies, minced fine
- 2 teaspoons curry powder
- 1 cup lentils
- 3⁄4 cup tomato juice
- 1⁄4 cup water
- 1⁄2 cup tomato paste
- 1 cup fresh breadcrumb
- 1⁄2 cup roasted cashew nuts, chopped fine
- 2 large eggs, beaten
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Sauce
- 3 cups yogurt
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 4 green chilies, finely chopped
- 1 inch piece ginger, grated
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon channa dal
- 1⁄4 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
- 1⁄2 teaspoon turmeric
- 1⁄4 cup desiccated unsweetened coconut
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1⁄2 teaspoon black mustard seeds
- 3 curry leaves
directions
- Heat oil in a sauté pan and fry vegetables, garlic and spices for 4 minutes.
- Add your cooked lentils, tomato juice and water and simmer until lentils are cooked.
- Drain vegetables.
- Process vegetable/lentil mixture just a bit to make a chunky paste (do not make a smooth dry paste) and combine with finely chopped peanuts, eggs and breadcrumbs.
- Form into balls about the size of a golf ball, and bake in your oven at 375°F for 15 minutes.
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In the meantime make your sauce:
- Gently heat yogurt and buttermilk in a pan.
- Grind coriander, cumin, channa dal, fenugreek seeds, turmeric and dried coconut in a coffee grinder or spice grinder.
- Add the ground mixture to the yogurt.
- Then add ginger and chilies.
- Next add salt to taste.
- Adjust spices as necessary.
- Now heat 2 Tablespoons of oil in another pan and add 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds and 5 curry leaves, cooking until the seeds pop.
- When kofta is done, gently add to sauce.
- Add the oil to your curry mixture and serve immediately.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
love4culinary
United States
Since April 2008, I have been a vegetarian. I dont eat creatures...that's the easiest way to put it! :D
I still eat a small amount of dairy, but not very much.
I have been missing around here for a while, and hope to poke my head in a bit more often from now on...
I hope you enjoy my recipes...