West Bengal

Kancha kolar kofta

Name: Kancha kolar kofta
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Bengali
Ingredients: 3 boiled and mashed raw banana (green plantain); 2 1/2 tbsp besan (chickpea flour, gram flour); 2 1/2 inch half grated, half ground ginger; 3 chopped green chilli; 2 1/2 tsp cumin powder (ground cumin); 1 1/2 tsp sugar; Salt, to taste; Cooking oil (vegetable oil), for frying, about 5 tbsp absorbed; 2 bay leaf (indian bay leaf); 2 cardamom 2 cloves whole spices; 2 medium pureed tomato; 1/4 cup whisked curd (plain yogurt, natural yoghurt); 1/2 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric); 1 1/2 tsp kashmiri chilli powder; 1 tsp coriander powder (ground coriander); 1 1/4 cups water; 2 tsp ghee; 1/2 tsp garam masala

Raw banana koftas in a ginger tomato gravy. Meatballs, if the meat grew on trees.

60 minTime

5 gProtein each

mediumSpice

Banana, the savoury way2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayKofta, gravy, ghee. A festive niramish plate.

The original

355kcalsame

5 gproteinsame

6 gfibresame

60minutessame

Kancha kolar kofta, Bengali style.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Raw banana (green plantain)3, boiled and mashed

Besan (chickpea flour, gram flour)2½ tbsp

Ginger6 cm, half grated, half ground

Green chilli3, chopped

Cumin powder (ground cumin)2½ tsp

Sugar1½ tsp

Saltto taste

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for frying, about 5 tbsp absorbed

Bay leaf (indian bay leaf)2

Whole spices2 cardamom, 2 cloves

Tomato2 medium, pureed

Curd (plain yogurt, natural yoghurt)¼ cup, whisked

Turmeric (ground turmeric)½ tsp

Kashmiri chilli powder1½ tsp

Coriander powder (ground coriander)1 tsp

Water1¼ cups

Ghee2 tsp

Garam masala½ tsp

Method

5 steps

1Boil the raw bananas in their skins until soft. Peel and mash smoothly.
2Mix the mash with besan, grated ginger, green chilli, half the cumin, a pinch of sugar and salt. Shape into small balls.
3Fry the koftas in hot oil until deep golden. Drain.
4In 2 tbsp of the oil, add bay leaves and whole spices, then ground ginger, tomato and the remaining spices. Cook until oil separates. Stir in the curd on low heat.
5Add water, salt and sugar and simmer 5 minutes. Add the koftas just before serving with ghee and garam masala.

Serve it like this

Serve hot in a deep bowl with a swirl of ghee or a few coriander leaves on top, and rice or rotis on the side.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

West Bengal

Kancha kolar kofta

Raw banana koftas in a ginger tomato gravy. Meatballs, if the meat grew on trees.

60 minTime

5 gProtein each

mediumSpice

Banana, the savoury way2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayKofta, gravy, ghee. A festive niramish plate.

The original

355kcalsame

5 gproteinsame

6 gfibresame

60minutessame

Kancha kolar kofta, Bengali style.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Raw banana (green plantain)3, boiled and mashed

Besan (chickpea flour, gram flour)2½ tbsp

Ginger6 cm, half grated, half ground

Green chilli3, chopped

Cumin powder (ground cumin)2½ tsp

Sugar1½ tsp

Saltto taste

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for frying, about 5 tbsp absorbed

Bay leaf (indian bay leaf)2

Whole spices2 cardamom, 2 cloves

Tomato2 medium, pureed

Curd (plain yogurt, natural yoghurt)¼ cup, whisked

Turmeric (ground turmeric)½ tsp

Kashmiri chilli powder1½ tsp

Coriander powder (ground coriander)1 tsp

Water1¼ cups

Ghee2 tsp

Garam masala½ tsp

Method

5 steps

1Boil the raw bananas in their skins until soft. Peel and mash smoothly.
2Mix the mash with besan, grated ginger, green chilli, half the cumin, a pinch of sugar and salt. Shape into small balls.
3Fry the koftas in hot oil until deep golden. Drain.
4In 2 tbsp of the oil, add bay leaves and whole spices, then ground ginger, tomato and the remaining spices. Cook until oil separates. Stir in the curd on low heat.
5Add water, salt and sugar and simmer 5 minutes. Add the koftas just before serving with ghee and garam masala.

Serve it like this

Serve hot in a deep bowl with a swirl of ghee or a few coriander leaves on top, and rice or rotis on the side.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Kancha kolar kofta

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Kancha kolar kofta

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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