Kofta - Naniji style

Ingredients:

• 250 gms finely minced mutton
• ginger
• garlic
• green chillies
• hara dhaniya
• methi leaves OR kasuri methi
• 1 large onion
• haldi
• salt
• cooking oil
• potato (optional)
• chilli powder (degi or kashmiri)
• garam masala
  

Method:
Mince onion finely. Squeeze out the juice and keep aside. Grind together equal proportions of ginger and garlic with green chillies (chillies to taste). Chop the hara dhaniya and methi leaves finely.
Mix the mince, ginger-garlic-chillies paste(3/4th of the entire amount), chopped hara dhaniya, chopped methi leaveshaldi, salt, one teaspoon oil and the minced onion ( leave the onion juice aside). Knead like atta for 5-7 minutes till you can form balls easily. Shape into koftas (balls) - makes about 30.
Heat oil - about 2 tablespoons in a wide bottomed pan. If you like - cut a potato or two into wedges and add to the oil. Saute for 2-3 minutes. Lower heat and add the koftas. Be careful the koftas are not overlapping. Increase heat and roll the pan from side to side till the koftas change colour. In the onion juice add a haldi, salt and chilli powder and the left over ground masala paste and water. Slowly add to the koftas and cook on low heat till potatoes are done and oil floats on top.
Add garam masala powder. Garnish with hara dhaniya. If you wish to serve koftas as snack - do not add water - cook dry. Do not stir with spoon. Roll pan from side to side till koftas are done.