( Meat balls with Green Dil- fenu Greek Leaves )

Meat Kofte with Hari Soya- Methi 

If you are ready to make  some extra effort  to enjoy a great dish  then this awesome  non veg.  palak- soya - methi kofta dish   is specially for you from  my mother's kitchen. 

Earlier I have shared  palak- soya - methi  ke kofte  with all of you , Now I would  love   to share  kofte  with  soya- methi  ke saag which has it's own aroma and taste. 

Category- non vegetarian

People- 4

Time- 45 min

For this awesome dish  you will be needing  

   Ingredients (Meat Balls (kofta)

• Mince meat (qeema)-1/2 k.g
• Onion paste-2 table spoon
• Garam masala powder- 1/4 tea spoon 
• Roasted chana powder-or gram flour (roasted)-3 table spoon full
• White poppy seeds powder ( khas- khas 1/4 tea spoon)
• Ginger-garlic paste-1/2 tea spoon 
• Turmeric-1/2 tea spoon
• Red chili powder-1/4 tea spoon
• Salt-1/2  tea spoon

For filling     

• Ginger (chopped)-1/2tea spoon
• Coriander/ mint leaves-(chopped-1table spoon
• Green chili-chopped-4-5
• Onion(chopped)-1small

 prepared minced meat  for meat balls ( kofta)

kofte

 How to make kofta

Wash well mince meat in  the sieve  and drain well. Finely grind  mince meat in the mixer grinder, add onion, ginger- garlic paste, turmeric and  red chili powder, garam masala, roasted chana powder,  khas - khas paste all together  and blend it well. (you can kneed it like a dough for 5-6 times to mix it well )

Well mixing is very important  to make your kofta smooth  other wise, meat balls  may break while cooking.

Put  small  quantity of prepared mince meat mixture  on your palm and  fill chopped  mixture of coriander, green chili,onion- ginger in it  and make  small  balls of  it . 

Keep it aside and start preparation for gravy.

For that you will be needing-

Ingredients for gravy 

• Soya leaves (Dill leaves)-2 cup (chopped) 50 gm.
• Hari Methi (fenu greek leaves -1 cup (chopped)-10 gm.
• Onion paste-4 table spoon
• Mustard oil/ refined oil- 4-6 table spoon
• Garlic-Ginger paste-1/2 teaspoon
• Salt-1/2 tea spoon
• Turmeric powder -1/2 tea spoon
• Red chili powder-1/2 tea spoon
• Coriander powder- 1/2 tea spoon

Method-

To prepare gravy, heat the mustard oil in the deep pan, add onion- ginger- garlic paste, turmeric, red chili, coriander powder and  salt , mix it well all together.

Add  half cup of water in the pan  and  cook it till the water dries up. After parching  ...add  mince meat -balls in gravy very care fully, just move pan a little to mix it all together. 

(Please do not use ladle to move meat balls till it cooked a little.) 
Now mix green chopped soya-methi leaves with gravy, add two cup of water  and  let the dish cook  on the  medium flame till the meat balls turn soft and well cooked.parch it well. When oil started coming on the  edges . Turn off the heat. Meat balls with soya-methi ka saag  is ready to enjoy.

While cooking  stir care fully  time to time ... so that the gravy  will not  burn on the bottom of the vessel. 

Meat Kofte with Hari Soya- Methi

Happy Cooking!!!

Arshia zaidi