# Lauki Kofta Curry

This recipe offers a healthy twist on comfort food with crispy air-fried high protein koftas and a creamy makhani gravy that might make you a fan of lauki.

- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 400 g grated lauki
- 1 chopped onion
- 150 g grated paneer
- Chopped coriander
- 1 chopped green chilli
- 3 tbsp roasted besan
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp oil
- 1 tsp jeera
- Ginger
- garlic
- 2 onions
- 2 Kashmiri red chillies
- 4 tomatoes
- 8 cashews
- Water
- 1 tsp kitchen king masala

## Instructions

1. Grate the lauki into a strainer, add salt, and let it rest for 5 minutes.
2. Squeeze out all the water from the grated lauki.
3. Transfer the squeezed lauki to a bowl and add grated paneer, chopped coriander, chopped green chilli, chopped onions, and basic Indian masalas.
4. Add roasted besan to the mixture.
5. Mix all the kofta ingredients well.
6. Shape the mixture into koftas.
7. Place the koftas in an air fryer with very little oil.
8. Air fry the koftas until they turn super crispy, which will take around 12 to 15 minutes.
9. In a pan, add oil and jeera.
10. Add ginger, garlic, onions, and Kashmiri red chillies to the pan.
11. Add chopped tomatoes and cashews to the pan.
12. Add basic Indian masalas and water.
13. Cook the mixture for 15 minutes with a lid on.
14. Grind the cooked mixture into a smooth puree.
15. Add the crispy lauki koftas to the gravy.

## Equipment

- strainer
- bowl
- chopping board
- air fryer
- pan
- lid

## Tips

- If you don't like lauki, you have to try making it this way.
- These lauki koftas are guilt-free, packed with protein, and super delicious.
- Once you try making them this way, you will not have lauki any other way.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DI1E4YFJvKG/?igsh=YXA2ODZsM21oOWIx
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/abb69b40-99b5-4d16-a735-95444134ed70
- Extracted: 2025-08-28

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