Wednesday, 4 September 2013

Suraikai (bottle gourd) Goftha



Ingredients:
For making goftha balls:

  • Suraikai grated - 2 cups
  • Besan flour - 2 to 3 tblspn
  • Jeera powder - 1/2 tspn
  • Dhania powder - 1 tspn
  • Chilli powder - 1/2 tspn
  • Turmeric powder - 2 pinch
  • Bread crumps - 1/4 cup (optional )
  • Salt - to taste
  • Oil - for deep fry 

For gravy:

  • Oil - 2 tblspn
  • Ginger garlic paste - 2 tspn
  • Chilli powder - 1 tspn (depends on spicyness )
  • Dhania powder - 2 tspn
  • Tomato puree - 1 to 1 1/2cup ( depends on amount of gravy you need )
  • Curd - 2 tblspn

For garnish:

  • Coriander leaves - 2 tblspn 
  • Fresh cream - 3 tblspn

Method:

  • Grate the bottle gourd and keep it for 5 mins then squeeze it water will come collect this water and you can use it for gravy
  • In a bowl take bottle gourd and above mentioned ingredients except oil and mix well
  • Besan flour have to add little by little and form small sized balls


  • Coat this ball with bread crumps and deep fry in oil (till it turns golden brown on both sides) and keep it aside 
  • Heat 3 tblspn of oil in a kadai , add ginger garlic paste saute for few mins then add chilli powder, dhania powder and keep in low flame till raw smell goes
  • Now add tomato puree and bottle gourd juice ( taken from squeezing the bottle gourd )
  • When the tomato mixture cooks well that is when oil separates out add curd and goftha balls
  • If want add water now and mix them well keep in low flame for 5 mins
  • Garnish with coriander leaves, fresh cream and serve



Note:

  • If you don't like besan flour you can use bread crumps for binding purpose
  • You can  directly deep fry the balls without bread crumps coat in above proceedure
  • You can increase the tomato puree content depends on amount of gravy you need
  • You can also bake the balls in oven instead of deep frying in oil




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