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Cabbage kofta recipe

No deep fried- healthy cabbage kofta recipe – perfect side dish for roti, naan and jeera rice
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time35 minutes
Total Time55 minutes
Course: Dinner, Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: side dish for roti
Servings: 4
Author: Jeyashri suresh

Ingredients

For Kofta

  • 2 cups cabbage finely chopped
  • 1 cup paneer scrambled
  • 3 tbsp Gram flour |besan
  • ½ tsp garam masala
  • Salt as needed
  • 2 tbsp oil

For the gravy

  • 2 onion
  • 2 tomato
  • 1 tsp red chili powder
  • 1 tsp tomato ketchup
  • 1 tsp garam masala
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 1 cup full cream milk or ¼ cup fresh cream
  • 1 tbsp oil

Instructions

  • Add the chopped cabbage and scrambled paneer in a wide bowl and add salt.
  • Keep this aside for 15 minutes after mixing well.
  • Now squeeze out the extra water as much as you can and keep it aside.
  • Add red chilli powder, garam masala, little salt, besan and mix well.
  • Now start making balls. If you still can’t bind this properly add 1-2 tbsp of besan to this cabbage paneer mixture and start making balls.
  • It yielded approximately 12 balls for me.
  • Heat a paniyaram pan, and add little oil to this and start cooking the kofta balls in a medium low flame. This will take little time but instead of deep frying this method is ok.
  • Cook all sides by turning it around till it becomes golden brown in color.
  • Koftas are ready. Keep this aside.

For gravy:

  • Roughly chop the onions and peel the skin of the garlic. Saute this in a tbsp of oil till the onions turn brown.
  • Grind this into a smooth paste along with tomatoes, chilli powder, kasoori methi and tomato ketchup.
  • In a pan add oil and add the ground masala.
  • When it leaves oil on the side add the milk ( I used full cream milk) and add 1 cup of water too. Make the gravy little thin as after adding the koftas the gravy will thicken .
  • Add garam masala to this and mix well.
  • When the koftas are completely cool, add to the hot gravy and switch off the flame.
  • Garnish with coriander leaves.

Notes

Note:
1. These koftas stayed in the gravy for 4- 5 hours.
2. Always ensure that the water is completely squeezed out from the cabbage paneer mixture.
3. Cabbage kofta pairs well with naan, roti, and jeera rice.