Recipe - Baked Yam Koftas In Green Gravy

KOFTAS
2 md Yams; (pealed, cut or sliced up ,
boiled, drained)
One half cup Peas
1 teaspoon Minced garlic
2 Jalapenos minced; (optional)
One half teaspoon Toasted sesame seeds;
(optional)
2 tablespoon Chopped cilantro
One half teaspoon Salt; (optional)
1 pn Pepper
2 tablespoon Cornstarch
One fourth teaspoon Baking powder

GRAVY
One fourth cup Peas
One half cup Bell pepper; (green!)
One half cup Cilantro
1 Jalapeno; (optional)
1 Clove garlic
One fourth teaspoon Black mustard seed
One half teaspoon Ground cumin
One half teaspoon Ground coriander
Three fourths teaspoon Salt; (optional)
1 teaspoon Sugar

I want to share a really yummy recipe I adapted from Laxmi's Vegetarian
Kitchen by Laxmi Hiremath. ( It was practically fatfree to begin with.) I
left out the jalapenos and salt for my family but tried them with heat for
myself...they're good either way!

Preheat oven to 400 degrees Combine kofta ingredients and mix thoroughly,
form into 1 inch balls and bake 1 inch apart nonstick baking sheet until
golden, about 30 min. Meanwhile, blend together 1st 5 gravy ingredients in
a blender with 1 cup water. In sauce pan on medhigh put mustard seeds and
heat until they start to pop, then add blended ingredients. cook 5 min and
add the rest of the ingredients. Simmer for 10 min. Cool koftas for 5 min.
Pour gravy into a serving dish, add koftas and serve hot.

I served this with a basmati rice green pea pilaf and a vegie curry. It was
so yummy, my family scarffed them up before anything else!

Posted to fatfree digest by Carolyn_Conner@broder.com (Carolyn Conner) on
Feb 10, 1998