Green Banana Ball Curry

Name: Green Banana Ball Curry (Kela Kofta)
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 1 dessertspoonful fresh coriander leaves or parsley, finely chopped; 1 dessertspoonful fresh coriander leaves or parsley, finely chopped; 12 sultanas (kishmish); 12 sultanas (kishmish); crushed seeds of 2 brown cardamoms (illaichi); crushed seeds of 2 brown cardamoms (illaichi); 8 finely-cut cloves of garlic (lasan); 8 finely-cut cloves of garlic (lasan); 2 finely-cut green chillies (sabz mirch); 2 finely-cut green chillies (sabz mirch); 3 tablespoonfuls milk or 1 whole egg; 3 tablespoonfuls milk or 1 whole egg; 24 almonds (badam); ½ teaspoonful garam masala; 1 dessertspoonful finely-cut coriander leaves or parsley; 1 dessertspoonful finely-cut coriander leaves or parsley; 24 pistachio nuts (pista); 24 pistachio nuts (pista); ¼ teaspoonful red pepper; 24 almonds (badam); 6 green bananas; 1 teaspoonful salt; ¾ pt (480 mils) water; 6 boiled green bananas (kela); 6 boiled green bananas (kela); ½oz (15 g) ghee; ½oz (15 g) finely-sliced ginger (adrak); ½oz (15 g) finely-sliced ginger (adrak); 1oz (30 g) finely-chopped onion

Kela Kofta

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Mrs. Balbir Singh's Indian Cookery

By Mrs Balbir Singh

Published 1961

About

Ingredients

Ingredients for boiling the bananas

6 green bananas
1 teaspoonful salt
¾ pt

Asia
India
Dinner
Spicy
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

For boiling the bananas for the preparation of the kofta mixture:— Boil the green bananas with their skins intact in the boiling salted water for 10 minutes or till tender. Remove from the fire and cool. Remove the skin, pass the bananas through a mincing machine, using the fine plate, or mash them thoroughly. Heat the ghee and fry lightly the onion, garlic and ginger. A