Aloo Kofta Recipe

There can be a million of dishes you can make from potato. It is such a versatile vegetable. Try aloo kofta and you will immediately appreciate the significance of this vegetable. With a little creativity, you can make aloo kofta something entirely different from the raw potates in taste as well as in texture.

Ingredients

For Kofta

• Potatoes: 400 gram
• Ararot: 4 tablespoons
• Coriander Leaves (chopped): 1 tablespoon
• Salt: to taste
• Oil: for frying

For Curry

• Tomatoes: 4 (medium size)
• Onion: 2 (medium size)
• Green Chilies: 2
• Ginger: 1 inch long
• Oil: 3 tablespoons
• Cumin Seeds: ½ teaspoon
• Turmeric Powder: ¼ teaspoon
• Coriander Powder: 1 teaspoon
• Red Chili Powder: ¼ teaspoon
• Garam Masala: ¼ teaspoon
• Salt: to taste
• Coriander Leaves (chopped): 2 tablespoons

Method

1. Boil potatoes and peel them after they cool down.
2. Grate the peeled potatoes.
3. Mix ararot, salt, chopped coriander leaves with grated potatoes and make dough.
4. Heat the oil in a pan.
5. Make small balls from the potato mixture fry them in hot oil.
6. Fry potato balls till they become brown. Put them aside in a plate.
7. Cut onions, tomatoes, ginger and green chilies. Mix them in a mixture grinder to make a paste.
8. Heat the oil in a pan again. Add cumin seeds.
9. Add turmeric powder, coriander powder and red chili powder in the oil.
10. Drop the paste of onion, tomato, green chili and ginger and fry all the spices.
11. Add two cups of water and salt and let the mixture boil.
12. Cook for 4 more minutes and add garam masala and half of the chopped coriander leaves.
13. Aloo Kofta curry is ready. Add Kofta balls and garnish with coriander leaves. Serve it with roti, naan or rice.