Recipe: Tasty Kofta Curry

Kofta Curry.

You can cook Kofta Curry using 32 ingredients and 20 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Kofta Curry

1. It's of For the meatballs:.
2. You need of small onion (120 grams after peeling) roughly chopped.
3. It's of green chilli pepper stem removed and roughly chopped.
4. It's of mint leaves optional.
5. Prepare of crushed garlic.
6. It's of crushed ginger.
7. It's of ground beef.
8. Prepare of chickpea flour also called gram flour or besan.
9. It's of egg lightly whisked.
10. It's of freshly squeezed lemon juice.
11. It's of each(cumin powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, black pepper powder, red chilli powder, and garam masala).
12. You need of salt.
13. Prepare of For the curry:.
14. Prepare of large onion roughly chopped.
15. It's of medium (or 3 small) tomatoesroughly chopped.
16. It's of cinnamon stick.
17. Prepare of oil.
18. You need of cumin seeds.
19. It's of whole cloves.
20. You need of bay leaf.
21. You need of green cardamom pods.
22. You need of garlic crushed.
23. Prepare of piece ginger crushed.
24. You need of plain whole milk yogurt.
25. Prepare of cumin powder.
26. It's of coriander powder.
27. You need of red chilli powder.
28. You need of turmeric powder.
29. You need of paprika powder (regular or smoked) (optional).
30. Prepare of salt.
31. It's of water.
32. It's of garam masala.

Kofta Curry instructions

1. Combine the onion, green chilli pepper, cilantro leaves, and mint leaves (if using) in a food processor..
2. Use the pulse function to chop so that the onions are finely chopped but not blended. You don’t want the onions to break down too much and release water..
3. Then add the rest of the ingredients listed under meatballs (including the meat) and process to combine for about 30 seconds or just until mixed..
4. Using a bit of oil to grease your hands, form into meatballs about 1 ½ inch in diameter. It should make around 25 meatballs. Set aside..
5. For Curry: Rinse your food processor. Then use the pulse function again to chop the onion..
6. Remove and set aside..
7. Then chop the tomatoes and green chilli pepper. Set aside..
8. Heat a large, heavy bottomed pan over high heat..
9. Add the oil and whole spices, and allow them to sizzle for a few seconds..
10. Then add the chopped onion and sauté, stirring often, for 7-8 minutes, or until golden. Lower the heat to medium-high..
11. Add the garlic and ginger & sauté another 2 minutes, until the onions have deepened even more in colour..
12. Add the tomatoes and green chilli pepper mixture, followed by the yogurt, spices and salt..
13. Sauté for 4-5 minutes or until the oil starts to separate from the mixture..
14. Add 2 cups water and rise the heat to bring to a boil..
15. When the water comes to a boil, lower the heat to the lowest setting. Once it has stopped boiling, arrange the kofte in a single layer..
16. Rise the heat to medium, cover and allow it to cook for 10 minutes. Uncover and gently stir the kofte..
17. Lower the heat to low-medium. Cover and allow it to simmer for another 35 minutes, stirring once in between, until cooked through..
18. Sauté to evaporate water to make the kofte to desired consistency..
19. Taste and add salt, if needed. Sprinkle in garam masala..
20. Serve hot with Naan..