Nutritious food to be enjoyed in the winter season
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cooking Time: 30 mins
Ingredients
For Kofta
4 boiled potatoes
4 tbsp rice flour
2 tsp red chilli powder
Oil for frying
Salt as per taste
For Palak Gravy
1 bunch spinach
2 tbsp cooking oil
10 whole black peppers
2 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
1 bay leaf
1 stick cardamom
2 tsp red chilli powder
1/2 cup water for gravy
Water for blanching spinach
Salt as per taste
Method
For making kofta
1. Peel and grate the boiled potatoes.
2. Add salt, red chilli powder and rice flour. Mix all things together to get dough like consistency
3. Make small balls of the mixture
4. Heat oil in a wok.
5. Now keep the flame slow and fry 4 balls at a time until the balls turn brown from the outside.
For the gravy
1. Wash the spinach. Boil water in big pan.
2. In the boiling water add spinach. Allow it to boil for 2~3 mins and remove from water.
3. Allow spinach to cool and then make puree.
4. In a wok add cumin, bay leaf, black pepper, cardamom.
5. When the cumin crackles add the spinach puree.
6. Add salt, chilli powder, 1/2 cup water and mix well.
7. Cover with a lid and cook on low flame for 2 mins.
At the time of serving mix the kofta to the gravy
Tip- To retain spinach color, blanch spinach without covering it with a lid
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cooking Time: 30 mins
Ingredients
For Kofta
4 boiled potatoes
4 tbsp rice flour
2 tsp red chilli powder
Oil for frying
Salt as per taste
For Palak Gravy
1 bunch spinach
2 tbsp cooking oil
10 whole black peppers
2 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
1 bay leaf
1 stick cardamom
2 tsp red chilli powder
1/2 cup water for gravy
Water for blanching spinach
Salt as per taste
Method
For making kofta
1. Peel and grate the boiled potatoes.
2. Add salt, red chilli powder and rice flour. Mix all things together to get dough like consistency
3. Make small balls of the mixture
4. Heat oil in a wok.
5. Now keep the flame slow and fry 4 balls at a time until the balls turn brown from the outside.
For the gravy
1. Wash the spinach. Boil water in big pan.
2. In the boiling water add spinach. Allow it to boil for 2~3 mins and remove from water.
3. Allow spinach to cool and then make puree.
4. In a wok add cumin, bay leaf, black pepper, cardamom.
5. When the cumin crackles add the spinach puree.
6. Add salt, chilli powder, 1/2 cup water and mix well.
7. Cover with a lid and cook on low flame for 2 mins.
At the time of serving mix the kofta to the gravy
Tip- To retain spinach color, blanch spinach without covering it with a lid
Blanched Spinach |
Dough for kofta |
Kofta Balls |
Kofta ready |
Palak gravy ready |