Rice Koftas

Ingredients For The Koftas

• • Shaft grained rice - 1 cup
• • Bread crumbs - 2 tablespoons
• • Ginger (finely chopped) - 1 teaspoon
• • Garam masala - ½ teaspoon
• • Green chilly (finely chopped) - 1
• • Nutrela nutri soya keemas - 3 tablespoons
• • Onion (finely chopped) - ½
• • Chilly powder - ¼ teaspoon
• • Hara dhania/Green coriander (finely chopped) - 1 tablespoon
• • Oil (for deep frying) - as required

Ingredients For The Gravy

• • Oil - 2 tablespoons
• • Onion (grated) - 1
• • Garlic paste - ½ teaspoon
• • Tomato puree - ½ cup
• • Maida/Plain flour - ½ teaspoon
• • Dahi/Yogurt (whisked) - ½ cup
• • Dhania/Coriander powder - ½ teaspoon
• • Chilly powder - ½ teaspoon
• • Green chillies (cut into strips lengthwise) - 2
• • Hara dhania/Green coriander (for garnishing) - as required

Method

• 1. Boil the rice in saline water, until very soft. Drain and leave in the sieve for 10 minutes so that no water remains.
• 2. While rice is boiling, soak Nutri keema in some hot water for 15 minutes, drain and leave in sieve for 10 minutes.
• 3. Mash the rice with dahi. Mix-in bread crumbs, ginger, garlic, garam masala and green chillies. Set aside.
• 4. To the Nutrels add onion, chilly powder, dhania and a little salt. Mix well.
• 5. Rub little oil on your hands and divide both mixtures into equal parts.
• 6. Take little rice mixture into your hand and shape into a ball.
• 7. Make a depression in the centre, fill with a tiny portion of Nutri mixture.
• 8. Close the rice mixture around the filling.
• 9. Deep fry the koftas in hot oil until golden.
• 10. For the gravy, fry onion until golden, add garlic paste and fry for a minute, add tomato puree and fry until the oil separates.
• 11. Add maida, dahi, chilly powder and dhania powder.
• 12. Bring to a boil, stirring continuously.
• 13. Add koftas, green chillies and garam masala, leave to simmer for 10 minutes.
• 14. Serve hot garnished with hara dhania.