Bottle Gourd Fritters Curry
These are round shaped deep-fried fritters (or koftas) dipped in spicy curry. We use tangy sauce base made in authentic Indian style curry. It is healthy, mouth watering and delicious recipe.
Ingredients
For Bottle Gourd Fritters
- 500 gms bottle guard
- ½ Cup Besan
- Few Coriander Leaves
- 2 Green Chillies or less
- ½ Inch Ginger Finely Chopped
- ½ tsp Red Chilli Powder
- 1 tsp Coriander Powder
- 1 tsp Salt
- ½ tsp Black Pepper
- 1 Tbsp Desi Ghee
For Base Sause
- 2 medium sized onion
- 4 medium tomato
- 1 inch ginger
- 3-4 cloves garlic
- 1 slit green chilli
- 2 tsp coriander powder
- 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp black pepper powder
- 1/2 tsp mango powder
- 2 tsp besan/gram flour
- 3/4 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp kasturi methi/ dried fenugreek leaves
- 1/2 tsp roasted jeera powder/cumin powder
- 1/4 tsp hing/asafoetida
- 1/4 tsp haldi/turmeric powder
- 1 tsp salt
- oil for frying and cooking
Instructions
Fritters
- Combine all the ingredients for fritters together in a bowl.
- Divide the mixture into equal portions and shape them into small round koftas.
- Deep fry on medium high flame till the koftas are done. Keep aside
Base Sause
- Blend the onions, ginger, and garlic to a smooth paste in a mixer. Keep aside.
- Blend the tomatoes to a purée in a mixer.
- Heat a non-stick kadhai on a medium flame and when it is hot, add the cumin seeds.
- Dry roast for 10 to 15 seconds and then add oil, asafetida stirs and then the ground paste of onions ginger and garlic and cook stirring continuously till it turns brown in color.
- Add the tomato purée, all the dry spices, vegetable stock (left from squeezing bottle guards), water and salt and simmer on a low flame for 10 minutes.
- Add the koftas and simmer for 3 to 4 minutes.
- Serve hot garnish with coriander.
