Nargisi Koftay

Nargisi Koftay

A most sumptous and delish royal dish

Recipe: 

Ingredients:

 For Kofta: • Beef meat 1 cup
• Gram pulse/ Chana daal 1/2 cup
• Onion sliced 1 large
• Ginger garlic paste 1 tbsp
• Cumin seed 1 tsp
• Whole dried chillies 6
• Red chilli powder 1 tsp
• Salt 1 tsp
• Black cardamom 2 - 3
• Black pepper 5 - 6
• Cinnamon 1 - 2 small sticks
• Water 2 cups
• Eggs 4, boiled
• Eggs 2, beaten

For Gravy:
• Finely sliced onion 1/2 cup
• Tomatoes 4 large, grinded to paste • Red chilli 1 tsp
• Yogurt beaten 1/2 cup
• Oil 1/2 cup
• Ginger garlic paste 1 tbsp
• Coriander powder 1 tsp
• Turmeric 1/2 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Ground garam masala -1/2 tsp
• Water
• Green coriander chopped 1/4 cup

Method:

For Gravy: • Heat oil in a pan. Fry finely sliced onions till golden brown. Separate a small proportion of fried onions for garnishing.
• Add ginger garlic paste and stir.
• Add tomato paste and spices and fry.
• Add yoghurt and fry till oil separates from the gravy
• Add water according to the consistency you want and put on low flame till gravy gets thicker.

For Koftas: • In a pan put meat, daal, onion and spices and water cover and cook until pulse gets tender.
• Remove from stove and let it cool at room temperature.
• Chop in chopper.
• Also chop green coriander, all spices powder add both in mince mix well.
• Add beaten egg and mix in mince mixture.
• Cover boiled eggs with mince mixture and make smooth balls.
• Heat oil and deep fry till golden brown.
• Allow to cool.
• When koftas are cooled, cut them longitudinally in two halves.

Pour gravy in serving dish and put prepared koftas on gravy.
Sprinkle coriander leaves and fried onion and serve with naan/ boiled/ fried rice.
Enjoy your Meal.

~ Happy Cooking! :)