Monday, May 28, 2012

Koftas In Spinach Sauce

       
















Simple yet tasty & flavoured koftas  combined with spinach sauce makes a dish that you will never forget . Usually our weekend  starts with a special dinner on the friday evening followed by movie. This dish, that I made last friday came out very well and one of my favorites now. This gave me a bit long time to relax than usual as preparing any other gravy would take relatively more time. This goes well with chapati or naan.

Ingredients:

For Koftas:
  • Potato : 1 (boil , peel the layer and mash to a fine paste)
  • Sweet Corn : 1/4 cup (cooked and chopped)
  • Panner : 1/4 cup (crumbled)
  • Coriander leaves : 1tblspn (finely chopped)
  • Plain flour : 2 tblspn
  • Chat masala : 1 tspn
  • Chilli powder : 1 tspn
  • Salt : as required
  •  Oil : 5 tblspn
For Spinach sauce :
  • Spinach Paste : 1/2 cup (boil spinach using water ,drain water and make a fine paste)
  • Beaten curds : 1/2 cup
  • Cashews : 7
  • Poppy seeds : 1 tblspn
  • Grated fresh coconut : 1 1/2 tblspn (grated)
  • Green chillies : 6-7
  • Garam masala : 1tspn
  • Cumin powder : 1/2 tblspn
  • Sugar : 1/2 tspn
  • Salt : as required 
  • Oil : 2 tblspn
  • Ghee : 2 tblspn 















Method:

Making Koftas :
  1. Combine potato paste , chopped corn , crumbled paneer , coriander leaves , plain flour , chat masala , salt , chilli powder  and mix well .
  2. Pinch a small sized ball from it and slightly press in the middle to make koftas.
  3. Heat oil in a pan and shallow fry koftas until they turn golden brown in colour.
Making Spinach Sauce :
  1. Fry poppy seeds without oil. Grind the cashews , roasted poppy seeds , green chillies ,coconut into a very fine paste using a little water.
  2. Heat Oil and ghee in a pan .Add the grinded paste and fry on a medium flame till the oil seperates.
  3. Now add the beaten curds , salt , cumin powder and let it cook for 3-4 minutes.
  4. Add the spinach paste and cook until it starts bubbling. Stir occasionally to avoid sticking to the pan.
  5. Add Sugar , garam masala and mix well.
  6. Boil the spinach sauce and add the fried koftas before serving.
Sending this to :

Vardhini's Cooking with whole foods -Spinach event and
Kiran's  Spinach event
 

1 comment:

  1. Kofthas in a healthy sauce. Lovely color and thx for linking.

    Vardhini
    CooksJoy

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