Dudhi / Lauki Ke Kofte

Bottle gourd is not only rich in essential minerals, iron, protein and trace elements; it is also rich in fiber. Fiber helps in preventing constipation and other digestive disorders like flatulence and piles. Bottle gourd is very valuable in urinary disorders. It should be given once daily in the treatment of burning sensation in urinary passage due to high acidity of urine. It serves as an alkaline mixture. Bottle gourd helps in overcoming jaundice. Bottle gourd juice is also helpful in losing weight. Cooked Bottle gourd is anti-bilious. It makes one relax after eating. But one should not eat the vegetable raw as it can harm the stomach and intestines. Bottle Gourd prevents excessive loss of sodium, quenches thirst and helps in preventing fatigue.

Recipe

Ingredients (servings for 4)

• 1/2 Kg of lauki
• 4 tbsp besan
• 2 small onions
• 2 small tomato
• 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
• 4 tsp dhaniya powder
• 1 tsp garam masala
• 1 tsp red mirchi powder
• 2 pieces of cardamom
• 2 pieces of laung
• 2-3 green chillies
• 1 tsp Coriander green
• Salt according to taste

Method

Kofta Balls

• Grate the lauki.
• Add besan in the grated lauki, mix it.
• Take 1 tbsp oil in a bowl and add the besan lauki paste to it.
• Mix the paste well ,till it becomes dry, it should be good to make kofta balls from, like a dough.
• Add salt, mirchi, dhaniya powder, ginger garlic paste to the dough and mix it again.
• Keep these balls aside.

Gravy

• Grind the onion into a paste.
• Grind the tomato, cardomam, dalchini, laung(cloves), all together in the grinder and keep it separate.
• Take 2 tbsp of oil and add green chili cut into small pieces to it.
• Add the onion paste to it.
• Add the tomato paste to the onion once it turns golden brown.
• Add mirchi powder, dhaniya, garam masala and salt to it.
• Fry the masala till the paste leaves oil.
• Keep the koftas separate and add as many as required to the gravy at the time of serving, boil it after adding the koftas.
• Garnish it with some green coriander leaves,Serve it hot.