Zucchini kofta curry

Making side dish for chapathi/ roti almost 4 days a week is really tough,specially when people prefer gravy for dry roti and don’t prefer same dishes every week.
But as the saying goes “necessity is mother of invention”.This compulsion or need to find new ways to satisfy people  who believe in wheat for health 🤔(which I don’t a really believe)
and with only zucchini , brinjal ,capsicum  in hand I had to try something different using these veggies.Since I already used brinjal and capsicum for previous days only left veggies for this week was zucchini .. So I tried this gravy which turned out tasty  and good even without onion and garlic 🙂 and on top of all these it was Air Fried 🙂
Having said all the history behind this gravy let me jump to main topic, the recipe..

INGREDIENTS:

Zucchini-1 medium 
Tomato-2 medium
Leftover rice- 1/4 cup mashed( can use rice flour or gram flour )
Paneer-1/2 cup grated
Bread crumbs- about 1 cup (for making and rolling kofta)
Ginger-1tbs grated or ground ( for gravy and kofta)( optional)
Almond or cashew- approximately 15-16
Khas khas -1 tsp
Milk- about 1/2 cup
Turmeric-1/4 tsp
Chilli powder- 1 tsp (as per taste)
Coriander powder- 1/2 tsp
Gram masala powder-1/2 tsp( as needed)
Coriander leaves chopped-little
Cinnamon-small
Cardamom-1
Clove-1
Katsura methi- little
Salt- as per taste 
Oil- as  per need

METHOD:

KOFTA
1) Grate zucchini and squeeze the juice and keep both aside.

2) Grate panner and keep
3) If using leftover rice mash it and keep
4) Grind tomatoes and keep
5) Grind almond or cashew and khas khas using milk to smooth paste.
6)) Add grated zucchini,panner,rice ,ginger and the powders (chilli  powder 1/4 tsp,salt,garam masala ) along with bread crumbs about 3/4 cup ( according to need to get a dough to make balls)

7))  Make balls with the mixture and roll them in bread crumbs .8)) Drop  little oil on each balls or spray oil on them ( if frying in oil quit this step and fry in hot oil)
9)) Keep the balls / kofta in fryer basket and fry in 370 degrees for 10 min and then turn and fry for another 5 min

CURRY

10) Heat oil in a pan and add cinnamon,clove,cardamom ,kasuri methi and garlic and sauté .
11) Add the ground tomatoes and cook till thickens .
12) Add chill powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder, turmeric powder and salt and sauté well.
13) Then add the almond paste along with the juice of zucchini and cook.( add water Or milk if the gravy is thick )
14) Garnish with coriander leaves and add kofta before serving.( warm the gravy this will soak kofta well.)
    Enjoy this creamy NO ONION NO GARLIC gravy with roti or dosa or even rice.