Green Pumpkin Balls (kaddu kay koftay)

Ingredients For Balls

• 2 cups : Boiled pumpkin
• 1 tsp : Ginger paste
• 1 tsp: Garlic paste
• 1 medium : Onion (chopped)
• 1 tsp: Garam masala
• 3 tbsp : Fresh corriander
• 1 tsp : Chilli powder
• 3 tbsp: Gram flour
• 1 tsp: Salt (or as per taste)

Ingredients For Gravy

• 1 medium: Onion (mashed)
• 1 tsp : Ginger paste
• 1 tsp : Garlic paste
• 1 tsp : Salt (or as per taste)
• 1 tsp : Chilli powder
• 1/2 cup : Yougrt
• 1 tsp : Corriander powder
• 2 fresh : Green chillies

Directions:

First grate the pumpkin and boil it. Rinse all the water from the pumpkin after boiling it. Then add all ingredients for balls (listed above) into it. Make small balls from the mixture and deep fry them in the oil. On the side, blend the onion (using the ingredients for gravy listed above) in the blender. Heat the oil in a pan and add the blended onion, ginger garlic paste, salt, corriander powder and red chillies into it. Stir for some time and then add yogurt and green chillies into it. Further stir it until you see the signs of oil at the ends of the pan. Put the balls in to the gravy but cook them until you get the first boil - dont cook them in the gravy for long and switch off the stove as the balls are very delicate. Sprinkle the garam masala on the dish at the end.