400 gm Arbi (Taro Root/ Colocasia root )
4 Slices of Bread (Sides Cleaned)
4 Tbsp. Bread Crumbs
1 Tbsp. Ginger Garlic Paste
1 Tbsp. Fennel Powder
1Tbsp. Cumin Powder (Roasted)
½ Tbsp. Red Chill Powder
½ Tbsp. Mango Powder
1 Tbsp. Raisins Chopped
1 Tbsp. Garam Masala ( I use my 6 spice Mix Magic Masala)
2 Tbsp. Cooking Oil
2 Tbsp. Chopped Coriander
½ Tbsp. Green Chilies
Ginger Juliennes
Method:
Boiled arbi with little water (You can microwave for 5 minutes), Peal and mash arbi, add bread slices , 2 Tbsp. bread crumbs, mango powder ,chili powder ,cumin powder, chopped raisins ,salt and 1 Tbsp. chopped coriander . Keep this mixture aside.
Now in a frying pan and on medium heat ,pour oil , add ginger garlic paste sauté for a minute and then add fennel powder, garam masala and chopped green chillies . Lower the heat and suate your mixture for 2-3 minutes. Turn off the heat and add arbi mixture. Let the mixture cool down, make equal portions of this mixture and make balls out of this , just flatten the balls with little pressure of your palm. Coat generously with bread crumbs . Refrigerate the arbi kofta for 30 minutes.
Pre Heat oven ,bake the arbi mix for 20 minutes on 180 ºC°C or till the time they turn golden brown.
If you do not want to bake it, use grill pan or any other pan and gently grill the koftas for few minutes on both sides .Your Koftas are ready garnish with Ginger Juliennes and chopped coriander. You can also drizzle generous amount of tandoori sauce/gravy on top of it. This dish can be served as starter (without Gravy) and as main dish (with Tandoori Gravy).
