Bread Koftas In Pumpkin Curry

Mouth-melting bread koftas in delicious pumpkin curry.

For the koftas
5 to 6 bread slices
1/2 teacup fresh curds
3 level tablespoons plain flour maida!
1 tablespoon chopped coriander
" green chillies# chopped
2 pinches soda-bi-carb
salt to taste
oil for deep frying
For the pumpkin curry
25$ grams %hite pumpkin lauki!
2 large tomatoes
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
2 teaspoons chilli po%der
1 tablespoon coriander-cumin seed dhana-&eera! po%der
1/" teaspoon turmeric po%der
1 teaspoon garam masala
1 teacup fresh curds
1/2 teacup boiled green peas
1 teacup boiled and fried small potatoes
3 tablespoons ghee
salt to taste

For the koftas
1. 'emove the crust from the bread slices.
2. (oak the bread in the curds for 2$ minutes.
3. )dd the flour# coriander# chillies# soda bi-carb and salt and mi* thoroughly.
". +ivide and shape into balls.
5. +eep fry in oil.
For the pumpkin curry
1. ,eel the pumpkin and cut into big pieces.
2. )dd 1 1/2 cups of %ater and cook. -hen cooked# blend in a li.uidiser.
3. ,ut the tomatoes in hot %ater for 1$ minutes. /rate into a puree.
". 0eat the ghee and fry the cumin seeds until they crackle.
5. )dd the chilli po%der# coriander-cumin seed po%der# turmeric po%der and garam masala
and fry for a fe% seconds.
6. )dd the curds# pumpkin mi*ture# tomato puree and 1/2 teacup of %ater and cook for a fe%
minutes.
1. )dd the green peas# potatoes and salt.
How to serve
1. -hen ready to serve# add the koftas to the curry and give one boil.