Lotus Stem Koftas In Spinach Gravy (Kamal Kakdi ka Kofta)
This recipe runs in my MIL’s side of family. First time when I had it at one of the family functions I just fell in love with this. Before that I had eaten Lotus stems in the form of pickles or as a gravy dish with potatoes. This combo seemed very interesting to me. The Spinach gravy gives a certain character to this dish. Without wasting any further time, here is the recipe 🙂
Before I start with the preparation just want to emphasis on how to choose a good Lotus stem from the market. The ideal Lotus stem should be covered from both the side i.e, the holes should not be exposed, else it will be difficult to clean.
Method:
For Kofta
- Cut the ends of the Lotus stem. Peel the skin. Now wash the Lotus Stem under running water so that the water passes through the holes. If you can still see some dirt in the holes, cut the lotus stems into smaller length pieces. Insert a skewer or knitting needles into the holes and clean them. Wash again. Dry it and grate it.
- Mix together the grated Lotus Stem, Cottage Cheese, Chick Pea Flour, Ginger, Salt and Red Chilli powder. The mixture should not be too moist nor too hard. Add some more chickpea flour if needed.
- Make round balls of about 1 inch diameter. Deep fry in oil till they are dark brown in colour. Set side.
For Gravy
- Boil Spinach with Salt in pressure cooker for 10-15 minutes. Make a puree.
- Heat Oil in wok. Add Asafoetida. (You can garlic paste and onion paste at this step. I am omitting). Add Ginger and Tomato Puree. I have a combined Ginger-Tomato homemade puree. You can add them separately. Add a pinch of salt for the puree. Cook till the oil separates.
- Add Spinach Puree. Add sugar. Bring to a boil. Add Koftas. Reduce the heat to medium and cook for 10-12 minutes such that the koftas soak the gravy well. Turn off the heat. Add Garam Masala.
- Serve hot with Chapatis!
Lotus Stem Kofta
Sending this to Tuesday Bookmarked event jointly hosted by Aipi and Priya
CinnamonNChillies 
wow! never ever cooked with lotus stems – what a marvelous idea to make koftas with it – love the recipe and the dish is droolicious!!!!!
Thank you for the prompt response Priya 🙂
great recipe. The instructions of buying and cleaning lotus stems is very helpful. I have eyed lotus stems many times without ever buying it..this will be very helpful.
First time here…koftas's with lotus sounds interesting and new to me…gravy looks delicious and very tempting.nice clicks :)U have a wonderful space, glad to follow u.check my space when u find time 🙂
That is a lovely recipe – I am a BIG kofta fan and this is definitely something new to try :)Thanks a lot for linking this to bookmark event..However, please note that per the rules of this event, will appreciate if you could please put a link and logo of the event in your post.US Masala
Not a problem dear- you can always edit your post to include the link. As you probably realize the idea is to have a ready reference to the event so more people can share n benefit from your recipes. US Masala
Woow…looks yummy!!!…recipe sounds simple too..
@Uma: Thanks. Yeah it is pretty simple and comes out well 🙂
wow! a new twist to the kofta curry! a must try reciepe!