hello hivers,how are you all? hope you all are enjoying the october month. Today in this i would like share rich creamy spicy curry with small bottle gourd balls. As October is the festive month of the year in india, So Navarti is going on, in my house we are not allowed to eat onion n garlic. So i thought make this recipe without it. Believe me without even onion n garlic, this dish is full of taste n aroma, in short i can say simple but decilious. Even india we called as kofta curry made from bottle gourd or loki/Ghiya(different name in india). Normally, onions and garlic are used to make the gravy but in this recipe, I have made it without onions and garlic because my mom didn't allow me to cooked with onion n garlic as eat saavtik food in fasting.

Ingredients for kofta(balls)

● 1 medium sized bottle gourd and grate it
● 2 tablespoon Besan gram flour(any flour).
●1/4 teaspoon Coriander powder ( dhaniya).
●1/4 teaspoon Red chili powder.
●Salt to taste.
● Mustard Oil for Frying.

Ingredients for gravy

● 2 tablespoon mustard oil.
● 2 cup Homemade tomato puree.
● 1 cup of curd.
● 1 tablespoon Ginger paste.
● 1 tablespoon green chilli Paste.
● 1 tablespoon of cumin seeds
● 2 tablespoon of turmeric powder.
● 1 tablespoon Coriander powder.
● 1 tablespoon of besan gram flour.
● 1 teaspoon Garam Masala Powder.
● 1 tablespoon dried fenugreek leaves
● Salt to taste

Instruction for making

● drain out the extra water from the grated Loki Tp(bottle gourd)and mix it chilli powder, gram flour, salt in a bowl mix it well and make small sized kofta balls.

● Take a frying pan, heat mustard oil, fry your ball to golden brown.

● Heat a separate Kadai with little bit of mustard and add cumin seeds then add the tomato puree with the rest of the spices powders into the gravy and cook it for about 7 to 8 minutes.

● Once done add the curt, give it a stir it well , boil the gravy for 5 more minutes,add some fenugreek leaves to it. Add the koftas after you transfer the gravy into a serving dish so that the koftas do not get soggy.

● Serve your mouth-watering No Onion n Garlic Loki Kofta Curry with chapatis or rice totally depend on your choice.

Hope you like my post, try this at your home n let me know in comment section.

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