Baked Bean Kofta Curry

I am big fan of kofta curry ...whenever I go to an Indian restaurant I order this one. I have  sore throat and I did not want to fry anything...wanted to keep it simple...and I generally do not feel that energetic to cook on Sunday evenings though I do not work now...that's been the way I felt when I was working and now Monday means getting my son ready to school and packing lunch boxes ....thinking of it in itself is making me tired! I will think about the Monday stuff later.......

Now coming to the kofta part...I love veggie kofta but thinking of potato puts me off.......I have been thinking of bean kofta for a long time. I soak them but in the evenings I get tired and just make a gravy out of it and not bean balls. My SIL even taught me to make "All bean pulippu kootu" will post that one too in the coming days. I am so happy that I made it happen and bean kofta it is.....I just finished making the bean kofta ...it was so easy to make...pop the balls in the oven ...........voila! my son just had it with the ketchup! It was so easy .....a lot better than standing near the stove and frying them.

I made extra balls and used them as burgers!

Since this came out good am gonna try "spaghetti with a chance of bean balls" pretty soon...... by tweaking the way I made the balls to sound more Italianish...lets see........

Recipe.............

Ingredients:

Kofta

1 fist full each of green peas, white peas, channa, rajma, whole green gram dhal and black eyed peas  (may add whatever you like) for 8 hrs and cook it
Coriander powder
Red chilly powder
Jeera Powder
Kasuri methi
Salt
Olive oil

Gravy

1 Big Onion
6 Tomatoes
2 TBSP Tomato sauce
Turmeric, Coriander Powder, Jeera Powder, Garam Masala Powder, Red Chilly Powder and Salt
Olive oil

Take oil in a pan and fry the onion and tomatoes. Grind it into a smooth paste.
Take oil and let the jeera splutter.
 Add the puree and the spices. Let it boil. Add the tomato sauce.
Turn off the stove when it starts thickening.

Now lets go to the kofta part -

Mash the bean mixture. Add the spices listed for making the kofta.
Preheat the oven to 350 deg F. Take a oven safe tray line it with the foil and spread olive oil over it.
Make small balls out of the mixture and pop it into the oven.
Turn them after 15 minutes and cook it for 15 more minutes
Let it cool.

Add them to the puree and boil it for five more minutes..................enjoy it with roti/pulka/nan or even rice...........Enjoy!