Saturday, May 20, 2017

Vegan red bean kofta balls in curry





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What should I tell you about this recipe, red bean is not the preferred legume in this household. No one, other than me is crazy about it, which is so different from my sister's place, where everyone loves rajma aka red bean curry. So, I decided to make red bean and Swiss chard kofta or balls  and cook them in a curry. You know something works when you don't have left overs. I was really happy with this curry and I hope you guys try it too. Glad the family gave it a 5 stars. 
















Easy vegan red bean kofta balls in curry


Ingredients

For Kofta 
  • 1 1/2  cups cooked red bean drained 
  • 1/2 cup Swiss chard chopped 
  • 1 small onion finely chopped 
  • 2-3 garlic cloved
  • 1/2  inch ginger grated
  • 1 tsp red chilli flakes
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1/2 tbsp cumin (jeera)
  • 1/2 cup bread crubs
  • 2-3 tbsp all purpose flour
  • salt to taste 
For Curry 
  • 1 large onion
  • 1 large tomato
  • 2 tbsp oil 
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1/2 tsp kasturi methi 
  • 1/4 cup or less water
  • 2-3 tbsp cilantro finely chopped 
  • salt to taste

For Masala Paste
  • 1/4 cup cashew 
  • 4-5 Kashmiri red chili or any dried red chili 
  • 1 tbsp poppy seed 
  • 1/2 inch ginger
  • 2-3 garlic cloves
  • 1 tbsp garam masala
  •  pinch turmeric 

Takes ,
serves 2.

Instructions

  1. If you are not using tinned red bean, you will have to soak the read bean in warm water for atleast 4-5 hours and cook, preferably in pressure cooker. 
  2. Drain excess water and mash. 
  3. Add all the ingredients and make small balls. 
  4. You can either deep fry or shallow fry, best results deep fry. 
  5.  Keep aside. 
  6. In warm water soak cashew, red chili, rice for about 30 minutes. add ginger, garlic, garam masala, turmeric and form fine paste,. keep aside. 
  7. Puree the onion, garlic, ginger and tomato. 
  8. Add oil in pan, add cumin let it splatter. add the pureed onion-tomato and saute. 
  9. Now add 3 tbsp of the masala paste and leave it on low flame, saute occasionally so it does not burn. 
  10. Once the mixture leaves oil, add 1/4 cup water or less  to the gravy should not be runny but thick, check for salt. 
  11. Add kasturi methi and kofta and serve garnished with cilantro finely chopped. 
  12. Note : Add the kofta just before serving, sometimes they become a bit soggy if left in the curry for too long, am not crazy about that. Prefer to serve just before adding the kofta.
Serve with saffron rice or naan.





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