This is a protein packed recipe,and highly nutritious too.There are various types of chickpeas,today I chose the green pea.You have to pre-soak the gram in the night,or even 1 – 3 days till it sprouts up.I prepared after it sprouted,as the sprouted ones add to the protein and nutrients. For the recipe
Ingredients for the kofta
200gm soaked gram
1/2 a bunch of coriander leaves
2 green chillies
Salt to taste
2 slices bread.
Oil to fry
Grind all this together without adding water,to a coarse paste.Make koftas and fry in oil,and set aside.
For the curry
1 onion chopped
2 tomatoes
1 tblsp ginger-garlic paste
1/4 coconut
1 tsp chillie powder
1/2 tsp. turmeric powder
1 tsp.garam masala powder
1 green chilli
1 tblsp.ghee/butter
1/2 tsp fennel seeds
Salt
Method
Grind coconut, green chillies,fennel seeds to a fine paste. Add the chopped tomatoes to the ground mix and grind the tomatoes coarsely. Keep this coconut- tomato paste separate.
Heat a pan, add ghee the onions,ginger-garlic paste,and saute till onions are translucent. Next add the spices and ground mixture with a little salt,and cook on a slow flame, till you see the oil separate. Add 1/2 -1 cup water. Add the fried koftas,and lime juice.Salt to taste. garnish with coriander leaves.

Posted from WordPress for Android