The bottle gourd/lauki belongs to cucumber family; the tender one is consumed as vegetables and mature ones are used to make utensil or music instruments. It was cultivated for making utensil than as vegetable in the past, read more about them from here. It has high in dietary fiber, vitamin C, riboflavin, zinc, thiamin, iron, magnesium and manganese. It also contains moderate amount of vitamin-B complex. Due to its high water content, it is thirst quencher. Read more health benefits bottle gourd from here and here.
What you need
For kofta
Bottle gourd/Lauki/Doohi: 2 cup (Peeled, seeded and grated)
Onion: 1 cup
Ginger: 1 inch
Garlic: 3 cloves
Cashews: 10 no
Baking Soda: ⅛ teaspoon
Salt: ¼ teaspoon
Ajwan/carom: ⅛ teaspoon
Besan/Chickpea flour: ¼ cup
Rice flour: 2 tablespoon
Green chili: 1 no (I used Serrano pepper)
Red chili powder: ¼ teaspoon
Coriander leaves: 2 tablespoon (chopped finely)
Oil: 4 cups for frying
For sauce
Oil: 2 tablespoon (I used olive oil)
Ginger: 1 inch
Garlic: 3 cloves
Fennel: ½ teaspoon
Cumin: ½ teaspoon
Cloves: 3 nos
Cinnamon: 1 inch (2 pieces)
Cardamom: 3 no
Bay leaf: 1 no
Mace: ¼ teaspoon
Cashews: 10 no
Red Onion: 1 no
Green chilies: 1 no
Tomato: 4 no
Salt: 1 teaspoon or to taste
Red chili powder: ¼ teaspoon
Garam masala: ½ teaspoon
Cumin powder: ½ teaspoon
Coriander powder: ½ teaspoon
Turmeric: ¼ teaspoon
Poppy seeds: ½ teaspoon
Ghee/clarified butter: 2 tablespoon
Heavy cream: 2 tablespoon
Water: 2 cup
For Kashmiri puri/poori
Whole wheat flour : 2 cup
Fennel seeds/saunf: 1 teaspoon
Yeast: ½ teaspoon
Salt: 1 teaspoon or to taste
Milk: ½ cup
Water:
Oil: 4 cups for frying.
How I made
Kofta
For Kashmiri poori
Preparation time:
For kofta: 1 hour, Sauce: 25minutes, Kashmiri puri/poori: Overnight for doubling+ 1hour and 25 minutes
Yield: Kofta,14 no Puri/pooi: 15 no. Sauce : 6 serving
Verdict: Tasty
Will you make again: Yes I will
Swathi
This is Swathi ( Dr. Ambujom Saraswathy Ph.D) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
Sabby says
Yummy kofta
I made them with zucchini too....
keep posting
Sabby
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Jaya says
That is a very detailed recipe and keep coming them up ..lovely ..delicious..
meeso says
Yum, the recipe and pictures have me drooling!
Swathi says
Faith, I am dreaming about opening a restaurant,I will be dream as always.
Marissa, You can try this recipe with Zucchini or any other summer squash.
Padhu says
Lovely koftas and puri .U have tempted me so much with your lovely pictures that I feel like having it now itself
Marisa says
So it's like a meatball without meat? Sign me up, sounds tasty! I suppose you could substitute with summer squash as well, right?
Neha says
very nicely written post and well explained recipe with pictures....koftas with poori..yummy
fancythatfancythis.com says
I've had kofta so many times and I love it! I had no idea it comes from gourd. I actually never knew what gourd was until now.
I love that first photo by the way. It looks delicious.
Jay says
Wow...thats mouth watering and beautiful presentation da.
Faith says
Oh wow, is this amazing! This is better than anything I could order when I eat out -- I need to learn how to make it! You should open your own restaurant! 🙂
Reeni says
What a super delicious feast! Would sure love to be a guest at your table!
Khaugiri says
lovely combo:)
Priya says
Wat a droolworthy dishes, both looks fantastic and yummy..thanks for sending dear..
Hamaree Rasoi says
I too don't experiment with lauki...I always end up making koftas :-)Poori kofta combination looks delicious
Deepa
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Rach says
Looks so delicious and yumm!
jais says
wow nice recipe thanks for sharing
PJ says
Fabulous roti and kofta.Thanks for sending it to the event 🙂
Ameya says
This looks so tasty Swati! I love any kind of kofta! I am not a lauki fan, but I know I will love this 🙂 The puris looks delicious as well!
Bergamot says
like both the dishes...have bookmarked it.
Adelina says
I need to try it for sure, you have a very beautiful super elaborate way of explaining every step, plus so many gorgeous photos- so much work and love you put in your blog...keep it up!
Suman Singh says
WOW...just speechless here..they look incredible..loved your detailed step by step pictorial and instruction..awesome..I have to try this now...thanks for sharing this dear.
Gulmohar says
Oh my ! That kofta is making me so hungry now 🙂 adipoli combo Swathi !
anudivya says
Never seen such a detailed recipe... looks very nice with all the pictures! Good going.
Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal says
whoa !!! That is sinmply superb. I am drooling all over those pics. What delicious looking step by step pics.
kitchen queen says
delicious koftas and tempting pooris.
Rachana says
A very delicious combo! Am hungry now 🙂
Nithya says
This is simply fantastic.. look so perfect and yummy 🙂
PALATABLE says
Great combo, I too not a big fan of lauki, love the way you prepare the poori...
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Sushma Mallya says
Thats superb...such a tempting click, really felt hungry now...
aipi says
WoW!! Swathi can you plz pass on that platter to me..So tempting!!
Love lauki koftas with pooris..good one!!
Kamalika says
Dear Swathi you shared a wonderful combo platter...Lauki kofta is new to me....surely bookmarking it,.....have to make it soon...
Sreelekha Sumesh says
Yummyy combo Swathi.Kandittu epo kazhikan thonunu.Nice presentation and pics.
Pari says
The poori sounds really interesting. I prefer to make my koftas either steam cooked or in very low oil in the appam pan, u can check out both the versions in my blog if u r interested anytime.
FOODELICIOUS
Satya says
swathi dear both lauki ka kofta n kashmiri puri looks divine ....what a beautiful combo...love them ...thanks for sharing dear
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Guna's kitchen says
Oh My.... fantastic koftas with kasmiri poori... never heard of it... very tempting.. beautifully explained... bookmarked it