Monday, December 01, 2008

Spinach (palak) Kofta Gravy



Ingredients

For the Kofta:

Potato - 3
Bread - 2 slices
Green chillies - 2
Garam masala powder - 1/4 tsp
Onion - 1 small one
Coriander leaves few
Palak leaves few
Oil for deep frying
Salt

For the Gravy:

Palak - 3 bunches
Onions - 2
Milk - 1 cup
Ginger Root - 1" piece
Chilly powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Butter - 2 tsp
Salt - to taste

Method

Kofta:
  1. Pressure cook potatoes and mash them thoroughly.
  2. Soak bread in water and squeeze and add to the potatoes.
  3. Finely cut onion, green chillies, coriander leaves, small amount of palak and add to the potatoes.
  4. Finally add garam masala powder and salt and mix them well.
  5. Make small balls and deep fry them in hot oil and keep aside.
For the Gravy:
  1. Chop the onions, mince the ginger root and chop the palak.
  2. Heat a tsp of oil in the pan and fry the palak with little sugar added to it. Sprinkle water if needed. Fry for 2 to 3 Min's.
  3. Let it cool, then grind it to a smooth paste.
  4. Heat butter in a pan, add the chopped onion and ginger and fry till it becomes golden brown.
  5. Then add the ground palak, milk, salt, chilly and turmeric powder to it and mix well.
  6. Boil till the gravy becomes thick.
  7. Add koftas to it just before removing from fire.
  8. Garnish with cheese.

17 comments :

Unknown said...

this looks so good..am going to make this one..

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Usha said...

Wow this looks fantastic, loved the variation to the kofta using palak...

vandana rajesh said...

yummy and tasty...palak looks gra8.

lubnakarim06 said...

Iam drooling over. I was always wondering what is kofta made of in this recipe. Oh it is potatoes. Hmm bookmarked will try it soon. Love the deco of the food.

Deepthi Shankar said...

looks sooo yumm will surely try this one

Srikitchen said...

wow! kofta in spinach gravy is very new and look delicious too!

Unknown said...

Kofta in spinach gravy!!! Never heard of it. Looks delicious...

AnuSriram said...

That looks lovely!

Dori said...

This is a great spinach recipe, looks so yummy!

Raks said...

Valarmathi,
this sounds awesome! Its a good change from our usual kormas!!

Gita Jaishankar said...

Hi, first time to your blog, loved all your recipe, the spinach kofta curry looks delicious....

Uj said...

Looks yummy. I had tasted this long back when my pacchi had made this for us. Thanks for the recipe

Premyscakes said...

wow!! it looks yummy and creamy. First time in to your blog. I just loved your spicy mushroom, very spicy and mouth watering.

Premyscakes said...

wow!! it looks yummy and creamy. First time in to your blog. I just loved your spicy mushroom, very spicy and mouth watering.

Sagari said...

yummy looking kofta curry

Srikitchen said...

hey where u went? no recipes from u long while