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Kaanchkolar Kofta(Raw banana Kofta curry)
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A Chef and A MomKaanchkolar Kofta(Raw banana Kofta curry)
This is a special comfort food prepared by Bengalis for that special someone or on special occasions. soft to the core, crispy outside and soaked in the most flavourful thick gravy, this kofta curry is always a delight to prepare and feast on!
Ingredient
Food ration :
4 servingsCooking time :
30 mins
1-2
Potato
4-5 cloves
Garlic finely chopped
to taste
Salt
10-12 pieces
Raisin
1/3 cup
Corn flour
1
Bay leaf
1/2 teaspoon
Cumin seeds
1 tablespoon
Ginger paste
2
Tomato
1 teaspoon
Turmeric Powder
to taste
Red chilli powder
1 teaspoon
Cumin Powder
1 teaspoon
Coriander powder
as needed
oil for deep frying the koftas
as needed
Water
Cooking instructions
* Step 1
To make koftas : Peel green banana, potato and boil them.
* Step 2
When cool, squeeze out as much water as possible, then mash them well.
* Step 3
Mix onion paste, ginger-garlic paste, chopped green chilli or red chilli powder, salt, coriander leaves and raisin in mashed banana-potato mix.
* Step 4
Add gram flour slowly in the mix until you can make a ball from the mix.
* Step 5
Finish making ball shaped koftas from the plaintain-potato mix. Set aside.
* Step 6
Heat oil in a wok
* Step 7
Now for frying the koftas, roll your koftas on cornflour and put them in oil.
* Step 8
In medium flame, fry the koftas until they are golden brown from all sides.
* Step 9
Drain on paper towel.
* Step 10
To make gravy, heat oil in a pan, add bay leaf and cumin seed.
* Step 11
When seed crackles, add ginger paste and add a mixture of turmeric, chilli, cumin and coriander powder, dissolved in 2 tblsp. water.(take care not to burn the spices)
* Step 12
Now add chopped tomatoes and cook until tomatoes get pulpy and oil seperates from spices.
* Step 13
Add 1 cup warm water in it. Let it cook until the gravy thickens.
* Step 14
Just 2-3 minutes before it's done, add fried koftas in the gravy and in low flame let it cook.
* Step 15
Sprinkle little Bengali garam masala over the gravy and garnish with coriander leaves
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kaachkola/raw green banana
Potato
Onion finely grated/paste
garlic, finely chopped
Green chilli finely chopped
Red chilli powder /as per taste
Fresh coriander leaves finely chopped
Salt
raisin
Besan/gram flour or as needed to bind the koftas
corn flour
bay leaf
cumin seeds
ginger paste
Tomato
turmeric powder
red chilli powder
cumin powder
coriander powder
oil for deep frying the koftas
Bengali Garam Masala powder (take 2-3 of cardamoms, cloves and 1 stock of cinnmon and grind into powder)
water
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