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Banana Kofta - Kela
Kofta
Recipe
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Recipes in English
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Fried raw banana
dumplings in a thick aromatic gravy. |
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Raw bananas
450 gm |
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Cardamoms 6 |
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Cinnamon 1”
stick |
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Cloves 4
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Coriander
leaves, chopped 20 gm/4 tsp
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Cream 60 ml/ ¼
cup |
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Dough for
sealing dish |
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Garlic paste
15 gm/1 tbs |
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Ginger,
chopped fine 15 gm/1 tbs
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Ginger paste
15 gm/1 tbs |
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Green chillies
6 |
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Honey 5 ml/1
tsp |
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Mace (javitri)
powder a pinch |
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Oil to deep
fry |
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Onions,
chopped fine 60 gm/ ¼ cup
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Onions,
chopped 60 gm/ ¼ cup |
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Red chilli
powder 5 gm/1 tsp |
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Salt to taste
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Tomatoes,
chopped 160 gm/ 2/3 cup |
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White pepper
powder 2.5 gm/ 1/2 tsp |
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- Put
bananas in a pan, cover with water and boil for 30 minutes.
Cool, peel and mash. Mix in the finely chopped onions,
ginger, coriander, green chillies, white pepper powder and
salt. Divide into 15 portions and roll into balls (koftas)
between your palms. Deep fry in a kadhai over low heat till
golden brown. Keep aside.
- Remove
excess oil from the kadhai, leaving behind 4 tablespoons.
Heat oil and crackle cardamoms, cloves and cinnamon in it.
Add the roughly chopped onions. Sauté till transparent. Add
ginger and garlic pastes and sauté till onions turn brown.
- Make a
purée of the tomatoes in a blender. Add tomato purée, red
chilli powder and salt to the kadhai. Stir-cook till oil
surfaces. Add 400 ml/1 2/3 cups water. Bring to boil, remove
and strain through soup strainer into another pot. Put the
pot on fire and bring gravy to boil.
- Add
cream. Remove and add honey. Arrange koftas in an oven proof
casserole. Pour gravy over, sprinkle with mace powder, cover
and seal dish with dough. Place dish in preheated oven at
275 ºF for 8-10 minutes.
- Time:
Preparation: 45 minutes
Cooking: 45 minutes
- To
Serve: Open the seal and serve with boiled rice or
paratha.
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