Snake gourd kofta / Pudalangai kofta
Snake gourd kofta is one healthy and tasty kofta that you can make. It can be served as a starter as well as an afters-school snack for kids
Servings 4 people
Ingredients
- 1 cup chopped snake gourd (around 350g taken from 3 small snake gourds)
- 1 medium-sized big onion
- 2-3 green chillies
- 5 cloves garlic
- a pea-sized piece of tamarind
- a bit of curry leaves and coriander leaves
- 1 tsp gram dal (pottukadalai)
- ½ tsp fennel seeds(sombu/saunf)
- a handful of roasted peanuts
- ½-1 cup rava/sooji (as needed)
- salt as needed
- ½-1 tsp red chilly powder(if needed)
- oil for deep frying( as needed)
- 3 - 4 tbsp rice flour
- water as needed
- bread crumbs as needed
Instructions
- Get the ingredients ready. Remove the pith from the snake gourd and chop it into smaller pieces.
- In a mixer first pulse the fennel seeds, gram dal, green chillies, tamarind, garlic, and curry leaves. Then add the snake gourd and grind to a coarse paste without adding water.
- Transfer this to a container. In the same mixer, pulse the peanuts and add them to the snake gourd mix.
- Next, add the chopped onions and coriander leaves. Give it a mix and then add the sooji and salt as needed to make a nice dough.
- Taste test, adjust salt and spices, and rest for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, heat up the oil. Mix the rice flour with water to make a medium-thick paste. Keep the bread crumbs ready.
- Pinch small portions of the mix, and roll into a cylindrical shape.
- Coat the koftas in rice flour paste, roll over the bread crumbs to coat evenly, and deep fry in oil.
- Serve with ketchup or some chutney
