Recipes
Cabbage Kofta Recipe
Prep Time | 45 minutes |
Cook Time | 20 minutes |
Passive Time | 49 minutes |
Servings |
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Ingredients
For the koftas
- 3 cups cabbage finely chopped
- 1 cup Besan
- ¼ tsp Turmeric powder
- ¼ tsp red chili powder
- ¼ tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp carom seeds
- 1 tsp dahi
- pinch aof Hing
- pinch aof baking soda
- Salt as required
- ¼ cup Water
- Oil for shallow frying
For the gravy
- 3 tomatoes finely chopped
- 1 large onion finely chopped
- ½ inch Ginger crushed
- 3 garlic cloves crushed
- 1 black cardamom
- 2 green cardamoms
- 1 inch cinnamon
- 3 Cloves
- 1 Bay Leaf
- ¼ tsp Turmeric powder
- ¼ tsp red chili powder
- ½ tsp coriander powder
- 2 tbsp Oil
- ½ tsp kasuri methi
- 1 tbsp bitter
- 2 cups Water
- 3 tbsp Cream
- Salt as required
- coriander leaves (chopped for garnishing
Ingredients
For the koftas
For the gravy
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Instructions
For the koftas
- Mix the cabbage, carom seeds, powders, hung, curd and salt together well. Keep the mixture aside for thirty minutes.
- Add the besan flour and baking soda and mix well.
- Pour in the water if the mixture become too dry. Stir well.
- Drop spoonfuls of the cabbage mixture into a pan of hot oil.
- Fry the koftas until they are crisp and golden.
- Place the koftas on a sheet of kitchen paper to seep out excess oil.
For the curry
- Fry the bay leaf, cardamoms, cinnamon and cloves in hot oil for about ten seconds.
- Add the onions, stir and fry until golden.
- Add the ginger garlic paste and sauté for ten seconds.
- Add the tomatoes and powders and stir well.
- Remove the mixture from the stove, allow it to cool and the grind it into a smooth paste. Add ¼ cup of water before grinding.
- Heat the butter in a pan on a low flame.
- Stir in the paste and then add two cups of water.
- Add salt as required and allow the mixture to simmer until it thickens slightly.
- Add the cream and stir. Then, stir in the kasuri methi.
- Remove the curry from the stove and add the cabbage koftas.
- Garnish the kofta curry with coriander leaves.
- Serve with rice, naan or rotis.