Nargisi Kofta Truly Delightful Taste

Nargisi Kofta Truly Delightful Taste!

Nargisi Kofta happens to be an Awadhi recipe which belongs to the city of Lucknow. The cuisine belongs to both vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes. Awadh has been known to be influenced by Mughal cooking techniques and the cuisine of Lucknow bears similarities to those of Persia, Kashmir, Punjab and Hyderabad; and the city is known for Nawabi foods.

Here's one of those Nawabi recipe, Nargisi Kofta. Learn it here.

Ingredients for making Nargisi Kofta:  

• 4 Eggs (boiled)
• 300 gms Chicken (minced)
• 100 gms Besan
• 6 Green chillies
• 6 tsp Ginger garlic paste
• 1 tsp Coriander (chopped)
• 1 Onion (chopped)
• 1 tsp Cumin seeds
• 200 gms Cream
• 100 ml Milk
• 75 gms Cashew nuts
• 2 tsp Pepper powder
• 3 tsp Onion paste
• 2 Cinnamons
• 4 Cloves
• 4 Cardamoms
• Oil for frying
• 4 tbsp Ghee
• Salt to taste

Making of Nargisi Kofta:

Add green chillies, grated ginger, chopped coriander, onion, cumin seeds and salt to the Besan. Add minced chicken and mix it well. Prepare dough for this mixture by adding water. Make balls from this mixture. Flatten the balls and put egg in the centre. Heat the oil and fry these balls. Kofta is ready. Heat the ghee in a pan. Add cinnamons, cardamoms, ginger garlic paste, onion paste and tomato puree. Stir it well and fry for 5 minutes. Now add pepper powder and turmeric powder. Fry till oil is separated. Mix cream, milk and water. Heat the mixture over low heat for 20 minutes. Gravy for kofta is ready. Add koftas in gravy. Cook for 20 minutes. Nargisi Kofta gets ready.

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