Name: Pan Fried Avocado Kofta recipe by Pooja Nadkarni at BetterButter
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 ripe avocado; 1 medium size Grated Carrot; Rawa/Semolina or breadcrumbs for dusting; 1-2 tablespoon Rice Flour (If required); 1 small onion, chopped very finely; 3 tablespoons Coriander leaves/Cilantro, chopped; 2-3 Green Chilies, chopped; 1 teaspoon grated Ginger; 1 teaspoon Grated Garlic; 1 teaspoon Tamarind water or lime juice; 2-3 tablespoons Oil for Shallow fry; 2 teaspoon Garam Masala; 1/2 teaspoon Black Pepper Powder or crushed pepper; 1 teaspoon coriander powder; 1/2 teaspoon Cumin Powder; 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric Powder; 1 teaspoon Red Chilli Powder; Salt to taste

ABOUT Pan Fried Avocado Kofta RECIPE

Kofta is a type of meatball mixed with spices, onions, garlic, ginger and many other stuff very popular dish in Afghan, Arab, Indian, Iraqi etc. Cuisines. In India, vegetarian variety include koftas prepared out of mashed potatoes, paneer, mushrooms , banana etc. Very easy and quick to prepare. You can also make Kofta Kebabs out of them by using skewers and grilling them. These are very good as an appetizers for parties or potlucks. They taste really good when served as sides along with mint or coriander chutney. Today, I am going to show slightly different variety of Kofta , by using avocado. My son hates avocados, so I try to hide them in different dishes and prepare variety of recipes out of them. He loved them and didn't even know that it is prepared out of Avocados. I have pan fried these koftas making them more healthy. You can also deep fry them or bake them.

Ingredients Serving: 8

1 ripe avocado
1 medium size Grated Carrot
Rawa/Semolina or breadcrumbs for dusting
1-2 tablespoon Rice Flour (If required)
1 small onion, chopped very finely
3 tablespoons Coriander leaves/Cilantro, chopped
2-3 Green Chilies, chopped
1 teaspoon grated Ginger
1 teaspoon Grated Garlic
1 teaspoon Tamarind water or lime juice
2-3 tablespoons Oil for Shallow fry
2 teaspoon Garam Masala
1/2 teaspoon Black Pepper Powder or crushed pepper
1 teaspoon coriander powder
1/2 teaspoon Cumin Powder
1/2 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
1 teaspoon Red Chilli Powder
Salt to taste

Instructions

Peel the avocado and mesh it well with a fork.
Heat a skillet and add a teaspoon of oil. Fry the grated carrots on a medium high heat for about a minute and then remove it from the heat.
Mix in the grated carrot, chopped onions, grated ginger garlic, green chilies and coriander leaves. Add in all the spices llike garam masala, black pepper, coriander powder, cumin powder, red chilli powder and turmeric powder.
Sprinkle some salt. Then add in tamarind water or lime juice. Mix it well.
If the mixture is too soggy and you cannot make koftas, add a tablespoon of rice flour and mix.
Take a slightly bigger then ping pong size ball of the mixture on your palm and start shaping them into oval. Keep them aside on a plate.
Take some semolina or breadcrumbs in a plate and dust all the Koftas well, coating with semolina on all the sides.
Heat a skillet and add oil. Place all the prepared kebabs on top keeping some space in between each. Let them fry on a medium heat for about 5 minutes. Turn them over and fry on the other side as well till they look all browned and crisp.
Remove on a plate and serve these crisp kofta as an appetizer with mint chutney or tomato ketchup.

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