In a saucepan heat 2 tablespoon oil over medium high.
2 + 1 Tablespoon Oil
When hot, add onions, stir and fry for 2 -3 minutes or until soft and translucent.
2 medium size Onion
Now add garlic, ginger, cashews, almonds, melon seeds, cassia, cardamom, cloves, star aniseed, bay leaf, sauté for a minute.
½ Teaspoon Ginger, 2 inch Ginger, ¼ cup Cashews, 1 Tablespoon Almonds, 1 Tablespoon Melon Seeds, 1 Bay Leaf, 1 inch Cassia / Dalchini, 3 Cardamom, 4 Cloves, 1 Star Anise, 2-3 cloves Garlic
Then add chopped tomatoes, sauté it and simmer for 4-5 minutes.
1 large Tomato
Allow the mixture to cool down to room temperature and blend it to a smooth sauce.
In the same sauce pan, heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium flame.
Add the blended onion tomato sauce, chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, garam masala, cumin powder and salt.
1 Teaspoon Chilli Powder, ¼ Teaspoon Turmeric Powder, ½ Teaspoon Garam Masala, ½ Teaspoon Coriander Powder, ½ Teaspoon Cumin Powder, Salt
Stir well so that all the spices blends well with the sauce.
Now cut the heat to lowest setting, add 2 cups water, moisture squeezed out from bottle gourd, stir, put the lid on and simmer for 10 -15 minutes or until it reaches desired consistency.
Drop fried dumplings gently one by one into the curry sauce.
Adjust the dumplings in curry sauce so that they are almost submerged, simmer for couple of minutes, add coriander leaves and turn off the heat.
Handful Coriander
Serve healthy and creamy kofta curry with roti, chapathi or rice.