Turnip Kofta Curry

Kofta Ingredients:
1 lb turnip, peeled and shredded
4-5 tbs of besan powder
Salt
Oil to deep fry

Gravy Ingredients:
1 medium red onion
3-4 garlic cloves
1 inch of garlic piece
3-4 green chilli (as per your nee)
2 dry red chilli
2 tbs cumin/coriander powder
1 medium red tomato chopped
¼ tbs yogurt
Salt as per taste
¼ tbs turmeric powder
¼ tbs garam masala
¼ tbs cumin seeds
Coriander leaves to garnish
Malai (optional )
4 tbs cooking oil

Method:
1) Take the shredded turnip in a frying pan, sprinkle little salt and cook it in a frying pan till it gets cooked and the water content gets evaporated and keep it aside, sprinkle some besan powder on it mix it properly and make lemon size round and keep it in the freezer for 5 minutes. 2) Heat oil in a frying pan and fry the koftas till nice golden color in medium flame. Strain from oil and keep it aside.
3) Grind, onion, garlic, ginger, green chilli, red chilli and keep it aside and then grind tomato and yogurt and keep it aside.
4) Heat 4 tbs oil in a frying pan, add cumin seeds and fry the onion paste , add cumin/coriander powder and fry in low flame till it gets fried properly.
5) Add tomato paste, turmeric, salt and fry it, till oil seperated out then add 3 cups of water, let it boil, cover the lid and let it boil for about 10-15 minutes.
6) Add garam masala, mix it properly, add kofta, stir it properly and let it cook for 5 minutes in low flame. Now optionally add 4-5 tbs of malai and garnish with coriander leaves and your tasty Turnip Kofta curry is ready to serve with your choice or rice or roti.

Masaledar Turnip Kofta

Ingredients
1 lb turnip, peeled and shredded
1 fist of chana daal (soaked for few hours) optional
1 tbs red chili powder
1 tbs coriander/cumin powder
1 tbs garam masala
¼ tbs turmeric powder
3-4 tbs Besan
1 green chilli chopped finely
3 tbs ginger/garlic and green chili paste
1 medium onion chopped finely
Salt as per taste
Oil for frying

Method:

This is not my recipe, Aunti ji (Ashish's mom) made this. I liked it so much that I wanted to post it here so that I can refer it in future and other people can enjoy it too. Thanks Aunty ji for sharing your recipe with me... I can't wait to post some of your other recipes here..

1) Take the shredded turnip and chana daal in a microwaveable bowl, put the salt mix it and microwave it for 10 minutes. Stir it in between so that it gets cook evenly. If still water content left then microwave it for few more minutes. Let it cool down and mash it properly.
2)Mix besan, red chilli powder to the boiled turnip and mix it well and make small rounds balls.
3)Heat oil to deep fry and then deep fry all the koftas till nice brown color and keep it aside.
4)Heat 2 tbs of oil in a frying pan and add chopped green chilli and chopped onion and fry till onion gets nice brown color.
5)Add ginger/garlic/green chilli paste and fry it for couple of minutes, add coriander/cumin and garam masala powder and add 1/3 cup of water and keep stirring for a minute.
6)Now add all the koftas and fry in medium flame till it gets coated with the spices properly. Now fry it for couple of minutes more and your masaledar Turnip Kofta is ready to serve with Rice or Roti of your choice.