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

Name: Indian Courgette balls in Tomato and Cream
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: black pepper (to taste); 0.25 tsp cayenne pepper; 2 whole courgette; 250 ml double cream; 0.5 whole fresh chilli; 6 sprig fresh coriander; 2 cm fresh ginger; 0.5 tsp garam masala; 20 grams gram flour; 2 tsp ground coriander; 1 tsp ground cumin; 1 packet microwave brown rice; 1.5 whole onions; salt (to taste); salt (to taste); 1 tbsp sunflower oil; 1 . sunflower oils (for frying); 3 whole tomatoes; 0.25 tsp turmeric

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

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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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