Dal Kofta | Lentil Balls in Curry Sauce

This is my version of dal kofta, with vegetarian lentil balls and a silky-smooth curry sauce. Give it a try! 

This is not your regular vegetarian dal kofta recipe. I experimented with textures, flavors, and ingredients, and a new kind of dal kofta recipe emerged. 🙂

This recipe is worth the extra time in the kitchen. You’ll love how all the spices blend so well together. The contrast of textures between the crispy lentil koftas and the creamy curry sauce turns this recipe into a perfect comfort meal. I just love veg kofta recipes!

You can serve this with a side of rice, or just do as I did. Place it in a bowl with some baby spinach and top it with fresh parsley and sliced avocado. The combination may seem unusual, but it’s so good! Trust me! 🙂

There’s not much else I can tell you about this dal kofta recipe, so just head straight to the ingredients list and give it a try! Let me know how it turns out for you!

Dal Kofta | Lentil Balls in Curry Sauce

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This is my version of dal kofta, with vegetarian lentil balls and a silky-smooth curry sauce. Give it a try! 

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 50 minutes mins

Course Main

Cuisine Indian

Servings 6

Calories 324 kcal

Ingredients

 

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Lentil Balls:

• 1 cup red lentils
• 1 onion diced
• ½ tsp baking soda
• 1 cup breadcrumbs
• 1 Tbsp psyllium husks
• sea salt and ground pepper to taste
• oil

Sauce:

• 5 button mushrooms sliced
• ½ cup sweet corn
• 2 spring onions chopped
• 4 cloves garlic minced
• 2 cups vegetable stock or water
• 1 cup coconut milk full fat, unsweetened
• 2 tsps flour or corn starch
• 2 Tbsps olive oil
• fresh parsley fresh baby spinach and sliced avocado for serving

Spices:

• 1 tsp cumin
• ½ tsp ginger powder
• 2 tsps turmeric
• 1 tsp ground coriander
• ½ tsp ground pepper
• salt to taste

Instructions

 

• Boil lentils for 15 minutes. Drain them very well and place them into a large bowl.
• Using a hand blender, mash them until they turn into a paste.
• Add the rest of the ingredients for the lentil balls and mix. Let the composition sit in the fridge for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, prepare the curry sauce.
• Heat oil in a large pan. Add sliced mushrooms, garlic, spring onions and saute for 5 minutes. Add all the rest of the ingredients, except corn starch. Cook for 15 minutes, on medium heat, while stirring ocassionaly.
• Add corn starch in a cup. Take 5-6 Tbsps of the curry sauce liquid from the pan, and pour it over the corn starch. Mix well. Add 5 more Tbsps of liquid from the pan. Pour this over the curry sauce in the pan and mix well. The sauce will start to thicken.
• Cook for 5 more minutes and remove from heat.
• Take the lentil balls composition out of the fridge.
• Heat some oil in a large non-stick pan.
• Make small lentil balls, with about 1/2 Tbsp of composition per ball. Fry them on each side, until goldern and slightly crispy. Do this until you finish all the composition.
• Once ready, place all lentil balls in the curry sauce.
• You can serve this with rice, or like I did, with some fresh baby spinach and avocado slices.

Nutrition

Calories: 324kcalCarbohydrates: 43gProtein: 12gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.002gSodium: 513mgPotassium: 537mgFiber: 13gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 247IUVitamin C: 9mgCalcium: 48mgIron: 6mg

Keyword curry, lentils

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