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Ingredients:
Koftas
Potatoes – 1/4 kg
125 gm Each peas, carrots and beans
Gram flour – 2 tbsp
Salt to taste
Chilli , coriander and cummin powder – 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder – 1/8 tsp
1 tbsp each chopped coriander and mint
Oil
Breadcrumbs
Pulao:
Basmati rice – 3 cups
Ghee – 3 tbsp
Salt to taste
2 tej patta
Clotted cream (malai) – 4 tbsp
1 bunch coarsely chopped soova bhaji
1 tsp mixed whole spices ( cloves, peppercorns, cinnamon and cardamoms)
1/4 tsp cochineal
Chopped tomatoes – 1 kg (mixed with 6 cups water and boiled down to approx. 4 cups)
Silver foil
Chop finely:
Large onion – 1
Green chillies – 8
* cloves of garlic
Ginger – 3/4″
Method:
Peel, chop, cook and then grind the vegetables.
Mix all the kofta ingredients except the last two.
Form into small balls, roll lightly in breadcrumbs, and deep fry. Drain and set aside.
Strain tomato juice and mix with cochineal. Heat ghee , put in whole spices and tej patta and fry.
Put in chopped ingredients and fry.
Add rice and fry well. Put in tomato juice and salt, and boil briskly till juice dries up.
Remove from the fire, stir in bhaji and malai.
Cover the pan, place on a tawa on moderate heat.
Cook till the rice is done. Serve garnished with koftas, foil and soova bhaji.
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