A mild courgette curry with onions, fresh chilli, ginger & coriander formed into balls coated in a creamy tomato, onions, spices and garam masala sauce.

Indian Courgette balls in Tomato and Cream Recipe

45 Minutes
Serves: 2

A mild courgette curry made with courgette, onions, fresh chilli, ginger & coriander formed into balls and coated in a creamy tomato, onions, turmeric, cumin, cayenne, and garam masala sauce,  served on a bed of brown rice.

Recipe Ingreds

Meatballs

  • 2 whole courgette
  • 0.5 whole fresh chilli
  • 6 sprig fresh coriander
  • 2 cm fresh ginger
  • 20 grams gram flour
  • 0.5 whole onions
  • salt (to taste)
  • 1 . sunflower oils (for frying)

Sauce

  • black pepper (to taste)
  • 0.25 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 250 ml double cream
  • 0.5 tsp garam masala
  • 2 tsp ground coriander
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 whole onions
  • salt (to taste)
  • 1 tbsp sunflower oil
  • 3 whole tomatoes
  • 0.25 tsp turmeric

Rice

  • 1 packet microwave brown rice

Recipe with pictures Steps

Step 1

  • wash trim and grate the courgette
  • place in a bowl
  • sprinkle with salt
  • set a side for 5 minutes

Step 2

  • peel and chop the onion(s) finely
  • peel and grate the ginger
  • wash and finely chop the fresh coriander
  • wash and finely chop the chilli
  • squeeze out the access water from the courgettes reserve the liquid
  • place the courgette in a bowl

Step 3

  • add the onions, chilli, ginger and coriander to the courgette bowl and mix
  • add the gram flour
  • stir to mix the ingredients

Step 4

  • half fill a medium pan with water and boil
  • prick tomatoes and place in boiling water for 5 mins

Step 5

  • form the courgette mixture into egg size balls
  • heat about 1 cm oil in a frying pan
  • add the courgette balls and fry in batches, cook till golden brown
  • Drain on kitchen paper
  • set a side on a plate

Step 6

  • drain the tomatoes and place in cold water
  • remove the skins from the tomatoes
  • chop tomatoes removing the hard central core

Step 7

  • peel and chop the onion(s) finely
  • heat the oil in the frying pan
  • add the onions
  • cook till soft

Step 8

  • remove from the heat
  • add the turmeric, cayenne and coriander
  • cook for a minute or two
  • add the cumin
  • cook for a minute or two

Step 9

  • add the chopped tomatoes to the frying pan
  • cook for 5 minutes
  • add the courgette juice
  • cook for 5 minutes

Step 10

  • Add the cream to the frying pan
  • add the garam masala
  • season with salt and pepper
  • cook for a minute or two
  • add the courgette balls to the sauce
  • cook for 5 minutes

Step 11

  • cook the rice using the cooking instructions
  • place the rice in individual serving dishes

Step 12

  • add the courgette balls
  • coat with a little sauce
  • serve immediately

Step 13

  • if cooking extra for the freezer
  • store the courgette balls in a freezable container allow to cool and then place in freezer

Recipe Utensils

  • 1 bowl
  • 2 chopping board
  • 2 frying pan
  • 1 grater
  • 1 kitchen paper
  • 2 large knife
  • 1 medium bowl
  • 1 medium pan
  • 1 plate
  • 1 small bowl

How to make Indian courgette curry balls

This recipe is one of my favourites and is by Madhur Jaffery and is from her recipe book "Eastern Vegetarian Cooking" 

Courgettes are a difficult vegetable to curry due to there tendency to go very soft when cooked to overcome this problem the courgettes are grated and formed into courgette balls.  The courgette balls are made with grated courgette, fresh chopped chilli and coriander, finely chopped onions, and fresh ginger. To courgette balls are held together with gram flour and fried. The courgette balls are served in a creamy tomato curry sauce made with fresh tomatoes skinned and chopped, cooked with chopped onions, and a subtle mix of spices, cayenne pepper, coriander, turmeric, cumin the sauce is finished with cream and garam masala. The curry is served with brown rice.  This courgette curry is perfect for freezing

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