NARGISI KOFTA CURRY RECIPE

Nargisi kofta curry is a mughlai dish mostly served with naan. Egg coated with minced meat, fried and served with rich gravy. It tastes great with roti,  naan or rice. If you are inviting your friends or relatives for dinner you can impress them with this  tasty mughlai dish.

     It doesn't take much time to prepare this yummy nargisi kofta curry. You can make this with mutton or chicken. Today I uses minced mutton in this recipe. I have blended boneless mutton in to fine paste and used in this recipe. If readymade minced meat is available in your place you can use that too.I served this with (click here for recipe).

I hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turned out for you.

Ingredients :

For kofta :

Minced mutton : 500 grams

large onion : 1 roughly chopped

Green chilly : 1

Chilly powder : 1 tea spoon

Ginger garlic paste : 1 tea spoon

Turmeric powder : 1/2 tea spoon

Salt to taste

gram flour/besan/chanaga pindi : 4 table spoons

garam masala : 1 tea spoon

oil for deep frying

Hard boiled eggs : 6

For gravy :

Medium onions : 3  (blend into fine paste)

medium tomatoes : 4 (blend into fine paste)

Almond/cashew nuts : 25 (blend into fine) paste

Ginger garlic paste : 1 table spoon

Beaten curd : 1/2 cup

Turmeric powder : 1/2 tea spoon

Coriander powder : 1 table spoon

Chilly powder : 1/2 tea spoon

Oil : 3 table spoons

Roasted cumin powder : 1 tea spoon

Garam masala : 1 tea spoon

Coriander leaves : 1/2 cup

Whole garam masala :

Cloves : 4

cardamoms : 4

Cinnamon : 2 (1 inch size)

shah zeera /black cumin seeds : 1 tea spoon

Method :

First  take minced mutton into a blender add all ingredients (except oil and eggs) blend into a fine paste

Now divide this mixture into 6 equal portion

Take polthyn cover,wet your hands and spread one portion of mutton mixture put one boiled egg and roll it and coat egg with mutton mince all over the sides as shown in pic. (make sure no cracks)

Now drop them in hot oil and fry on medium heat until they changes into golden color then take them into a plate.

Now to make gravy heat oil in a pan add whole garam masala then add onion paste and ginger garlic paste saute till raw flavors disappear

Now add add coriander,turmeric,chilly and cumin powders saute for few seconds then add tomato puree cook for 3 to 5 minutes

Now add almond paste and saute for few seconds then add beaten curd saute for 1 minute

Now add 3 to 4 cups of water and cook on high flame for 5 minutes by covering the lid (add more water if needed) stir in between.

Now cut fried eggs into two parts. (this is optional, you can also add whole egg)

Now add fried eggs to gravy and cook on low flame for 3 minutes 

Finally sprinkle coriander leaves and garam masala powder and serve hot.

Take minced mutton into a blender

Add all kofta ingredients

Blend into a fine paste and divide into 6 equal portions

Take  hard boiled eggs remove the shell

Take plastic cover spread one portion of mutton mince

Put one egg in middle

Roll it

Seal the edges and coat egg all over the sides

Gently drop them in hot oil

Fry on medium heat until they changes into golden color

Take them into a plate

Now to make gravy take another pan heat oil add whole garam masala

Add onion paste

Add ginger garlic paste

Saute till raw flavors disappear

Now add all spice powders (except garam masala powder) saute for few seconds

Add tomato puree cook for a while

Add almond paste saute for few minutes

Add curd saute for few minutes

Pour water

Cook on high flame for 5 minutes,stir in between

Cut koftas into half (optional)

Now add koftas to gravy and cook on low flame for 3 minutes

Finally sprinkle garam masala powder and coriander leaves and remove from fire

It's done now!!!

Serve hot!!!!