How To Make Bread Koftas In Pumpkin Gravy?

Bread Koftas In Pumpkin Gravy – A delicious and Kid friendly Pumpkin gravy with koftas made of bread.

Note: This post was originally published in October 2011. This has now been updated with fresh recipe cards and pictures.

Bread Koftas in Red Pumpkin Gravy

This is a dish that uses red pumpkin as a base for the gravy. Bread is mixed up along with other ingredients, shaped into koftas and these are steamed instead of frying.

Then these koftas are dunked into the gravy just before serving and your delicious curry is ready. Whenever some one says pumpkin, i m reminded of only one thing- Halloween Time!!

The pumpkin in this gravy makes it just the right dish to try during the Halloween season. You can even call it the desi style of celebrating Halloween

Pumpkin in this recipe

This recipe was adapted from Tarla Dalal s website.

This s a great recipe for those who want to cut down on calories because unlike other kofta based curries, these koftas are not fried. These are steamed and hence this is a healthier option.

Choice of bread

While i have used brown bread in this recipe, white bread will also work well.

Yogurt

Use fresh yogurt for best results. And please do not simmer the gravy for more than 30 to 40 secs after adding the yogurt.

Cooking the koftas:

This recipe calls for steaming the koftas. There s no deep frying or shallow frying involved.

If you add more yogurt than mentioned in the recipe, the kofta will turn soggy and wont steam well. They will crack and not hold shape.

So i recommend that you begin with adding 1.5 tbsp of yogurt for 3 slices of bread.

Also chopping the bread into small squares really helps in it soaking up the yogurt better.

Serving Recommendations:

We are only steaming the koftas. So add them to the gravy just before serving. Ideally, you can steam the koftas just before serving and then dunk them in the gravy for best results.

If you are looking for other similar dishes, then do check out

Bread Kofta curry

Lauki Kofta

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Bread Koftas In Red Pumpkin Curry

A delectable gravy made with pumpkin in which koftas are dunked and served.

Prep Time15

Cook Time30

Total Time45

Course: Poori and Roti, Side Dish For Chapati

Cuisine: North Indian

Servings:

Author: Anusha Praveen

Ingredients

For The Koftas

3 slices Brown bread
1.5 to 2 tbsp Curd Start with 1.5 tbsp and add more only if required.
Coriander leaves chopped fine 1 tbsp
Green chillies chopped fine 2

For the Pumpkin gravy

Onion 1 big grated
Tomato 1 large pureed
Pumpkin 150 g chopped into cubes or 1 cup
Turmeric powder a large pinch
Garam Masala 1 tsp
Dhania powder 1 and 1/2 tsp
Chilli powder 1 and 1/2 tsp
Jeera Powder 1 and 1/2 tsp
Curd 1/4 cup whisked well
Oil 2 tbsp
Boiled peas 1/4 cup

Instructions

Making the Pumpkin Gravy

Pressure cook the pumpkin for 1 whistle. Drain and let it cool. In a mixer, blend the pumpkin without water to a fine paste and keep aside.
In a kadai, heat oil. Add the onions and saute them till light brown. Now, add all the spice powders along with the turmeric powder and combine well.
Saute for a minute or 2. Add the pureed tomato and mix well. Saute till oil separates.
Next, add the pumpkin puree . Mix well and simmer on low for 2 to 3 mins.
Now, add the boiled peas and simmer again for 3 to 4 mins.
Switch off the flame. Add the whisked yogurt. Mix well. Put it back on low flame, simmer for 30 secs. Switch off immediately. Do not simmer the mixture for a long time after adding the yogurt.
Set aside.

Making The Koftas

Remove the crust from the bread and soak it in the curd for 20 mins.
After it is soaked completely, add the chillies, cilantro and the salt and mix well. Make marble size balls of it and steam in a steamer for 10 mins or microwave for 30 secs.
How to serve?
Drop the koftas in the curry and mix gently taking care not to break them.
Now, bring to a boil.
Garnish with chopped cilantro and serve hot with phulkas or rotis or plain parathas.

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Disclaimer

Nutrition values are provided here as a courtesy and are only a rough guide. Please consult a health care provider if you have any concerns.

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Comments

anusha says

September 12, 2020 at 10:53 pm

testing

Poornima Nair says

November 15, 2011 at 7:02 am

Hii…we have been paired for taste and create this month. Glad to have come across your blog. I would like to make this curry, just wondering how much curd to soak the bread, you've not mentioned. Thanks.

Nupur says

October 25, 2011 at 9:16 pm

Nice use of Pumpkin.. I also have to try some with Pumpkin .. See u in the event 🙂

Vardhini says

October 14, 2011 at 5:15 am

Wow .. pumpkin curry sounds awesome and tasty. Thanks for linking dear.<br /><br />Vardhini<br /><a href="http://vardhiniskitchen.blogspot.com/2011/09/zesty-palette-series-halloween-fiesta.html" rel="nofollow">Event: Halloween Fiesta</a>