Cabbage Kofta Curry

I had some leftover cabbage sabji from previous day.  Usually we do not like to eat the same sabji again. I was thinking what to do with this left over sabji. Something best out of the waste(not really waste though). I thought, lets prepare cabbage koftas and see how it works.

And guess what, It was just awesome!! Really one of the best kofta curry I had ever had!!

You can also prepare koftas with chopped cabbage. Cooked cabbage(sabji) is not really mandatory.

Additionally I prepared the koftas in the Oxy Fryer so that its oil free. You can ofcoarse deep fry them if you dont have an Air Fryer.

Ingriedients:
Cabbage - chopped finely
Onions - 2
Tomatoes - 2
Cloves - 3
Cinnamon - 1 small piece
Bayleaf - 1
Ginger garlic paste - 1 teaspoon
Jeera\ cumin seeds - half teaspoon
Mustard seeds - half teaspoon
Besan\ Gram flour - 4 tablespoon
Hing\ asaefatida - 1 teaspoon
Chilli powder - 3 teaspoon
Turmeric powder\ haldi - 1 teaspoon
Garam masala - 1 teaspoon
Coriander powder -half teaspoon
Cumin\ Jeera powder - half teaspoon
Ajwain\ Carom seeds - 1 teaspoon
Coarinder leaves - finely chopped
Baking soda - one forth teaspoon

Procedure:
Preparing Gravy
1. Grind the onions and tomatoes to a paste using a mixer.
2. Take a kadhai, add 1 tablespoon oil. Add cloves, cinnamon and bayleaf. Next add mustard and wait till it splutters.
3. Next add the jeera.
4. Next add the hing and the ground onion tomato paste and fry it for till the raw taste of onion  dissapears.
5. Next add the ginger garlic paste and fry it till the raw taste of garlic dissapears.
6. Next add 1 teaspoon turmeric powder, 1 teaspoon chilli powder, 1 teaspoon garam masala, half teaspoon corainder powder, half teaspoon jeera powder and mix well. Fry it till it starts to leave oil.
6. Finally add 2 cups of water and let it cook for 10 minutes. Also add sufficient salt.
7. Gravy is ready. Keep it aside.

Preparing Cabbage dumplings (Kofta)
1. Take a mixing bowl, add the chopped cabbage (or cabbage sabji), besan, 2 teaspoon chilli powder, 1 teaspoon ajwain, pinch of baking soda and salt and mix well.Make small balls as shown in picture below

2.. Heat oil for deep frying. Leave this prepared balls in the kadhi to prepare the pakodas or dumplings.
4. Once done, take it on a tissue and keep it aside. You can enjoy some of these for starters.

Preparing Cabbage Kofta curry
1. Add the cabbage dumplings to the prepared gravy.
2. Garnish it with chopped corainder leaves.

Serve it with Roti or Rice.

Tips:
1. Adjust the water added to the gravy as per your needed consistency.

2. If you have a Oxy Fryer, you can prepare the dumplings in that with low or no oil. I usually prepare the koftas in the oxy fryer. Trust me, the taste is just the same as the deep fried version.