Mooli Kofta Curry (Radish Kofta Curry)

Ingredients:
1/2 kg white radish
1 tbsp grated coconut
1/2 tbsp peanuts
2 tbsp roasted gram flour
1 tsp garam masala
2 red chillies
1 green chilli
1 onion
1 tbsp coriander leaves
salt
oil for deep frying
Gravy :4 red chillies
1 tsp garlic paste
1 tsp coriander powder
1/2 tsp turmeric
3 diced onions
1 ground onion
100 ml oil
125 ml curd
1 tsp garam masala
4 green cardamoms
1" chopped ginger

Method:
Cut radish into small pieces. Boil until tender drain and grind. Grind coconut, peanuts, gram flour, garam masala and red chillies together. Chop green chillies, onions and coriander. Add ingredients with salt to the radish. Fry small roundels in hot oil until colored. Drain. For the gravy, grind red chillies, salt, garlic, coriander powder and turmeric together. Fry in hot oil until colored. Add diced and ground onion. Fry for five minutes. Pour in curd, followed by garam masala, cardamoms and finely chopped ginger. Pour in 150 ml water. Simmer for 2-3 minutes. Add koftas to the pan. Cook until heated through. Serve hot.

Mirchi ka salan

Ingrediants:
250 gm large green chillies
50 gm cooking oil
05 gm mustard seeds
02 gm cloves
05 gm curry leaves
100 gm sauted onion paste
25 gm ginger garlic paste
50 gm tamarind
salt10 gm
coriander leaves
Salan Paste
50 gm peanuts
50 gm coconut
15 gmsesame seeds
20 gm coriander seeds
10 gm cumin seeds
05 red chillies
05 gm peppercorns

Method:
Slit and deep fry the green chillies in hot oil. Remove and keep aside.Roast and grind together ingredients for the paste. Soak the tamarind in a cup of water and extract pulp.Heat oil and add the mustard seeds, when crackling add the cloves and the curry leaves.Mix the sauted onion paste and stir for 3 minutes. Add the salan paste and continue stirring.Pour 15 ml of water at intervals to avoid paste sticking to the pan.Add the tamarind pulp and 50 ml of water. Stir for 5 minutes until the gravy resembles the consistency of a sauce. Add the salt and the fried chillies to the hot gravy.Boil the gravy for 1 minute. Remove and garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves.
Variation:Capsicums can also be used in the place of chillies.