Cabbage Kofta Curry-Cabbage Balls in Gravy

Ingredients
Cabbage - 1 small sized
Gram flour(Besan)- 4 Tbsp
Onions - 2 medium sized (paste)
Tomato - 2 medium sized (paste)
Ginger paste - 2 tsp
Garlic Paste - 3 tsp
chilly powder - 1tsp
Coriander Powder - 2 tsp
Cumin Powder - 1 Tsp
Red Whole Chilly - 2
Bay Leaf -2
Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Salt as per Taste
Oil for Frying

Method

Grate the cabbage
Boil the water in a pan and add the grated cabbage to it.
Remove from heat and let it rest for 5 mins
Now drain the water till all excess water is removed
Mix the grated cabbage, gramflour, 1 tsp each of ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder, chilly powder and salt
Make small balls out of this mixture



For Making the Koftas
Heat Oil in a heavy bottomed pan(Kadahi)
Fry the balls till golden




For the Curry
In the remaining oil add bay leaves, Whole red chilly and cumin seeds
Add the onion paste and fry till the onions turn pink
Now add the rest of the ingredients i.e. Ginger paste, Garlic paste, cumin powder, coriander powder, salt and turmeric powder
Fry for sometime till the oil starts leaving the base of the pan
Add the tomato paste and fry for another 5 mins or till the and mixture looks well blended
Add 1 cup of water and bring to a boil
Add the koftas to this and simmer for sometime

Serve with rice, roti, parathas

Spring Rolls

Made spring rolls last evening and here is the recipe...will upload the pics too. I didn't forget to take pictures this time..


Ingredients:
For the filling
You would need 1/2 cup of each of these chopped finely.
Cabbage
Carrot
Capsicum
Beans
Onion
Mushrooms
Ginger Garlic paste- 1/2 tsps
Pepper - 1/2 tsps
Red chilly flakes-1/2tsps
Ajinomoto-1/2 tsps
Soy Sauce(optional) - 1/2tsps
Vinegar(optional)-1/2tsps
Salt as per taste

For the dough
Maida/Refined flour - 1 cup
Oil- 2tsps
A pinch of salt
Knead together all of the above into a tight dough.

Method
Boil water and add the chopped vegetables to it along with salt.
Remove from heat immediately after adding the vegetables
Drain excess water using a strainer
In a pan heat 3tsps oil and add the ginger garlic paste to it
Add vegetables and saute for sometime
Add salt,chilly powder, pepper powder and ajinomoto
Add the vinegar and salt to the vegetables
Mix together and let it cook for sometime
This should take approximately 10 mins to cook

To make the rolls
Take small portions of the dough
Flatten to make thin round puris
Place one/two spoonful of the vegetable filling in the centre of the puri
Roll the puri lenghthwise and fold at the ends/ (see pic below)

Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan/kadahi
Keep theflame on high while heating the oil then bring to medium
Deep Fry the rolls on medium/low heat
Remove the rolls from oil and place on paper towel
Serve hot with sauce of your choice.

Note: The best is to keep the flame high initially, moving it to medium after you add the rolls and then altering between medium and low so that the rolls turn crispy.