Awadhi Style Nargisi Kofta Recipe (Boiled Egg Wrapped With Spiced Potato Recipe)

Archana's Kitchen

January 1, 2018

1765 Ratings

Time:Prep: 20 M|Cook: 30 M|Total: 50 M

Makes:4 Servings

Meal:Side Dish

Cuisine:Awadhi

Awadhi Style Nargisi Kofta Recipe (Boiled Egg Wrapped With Spiced Potato Recipe) is a dry kofta served as a starter. An innovative way of using the boiled egg wrapped up with spiced potato. The whole dish is then crumb fried in a shallow pan.

Originally the Awadhi’s prepare by covering the boiled egg with minced meat preparation, and the whole egg is then shallow fried. It is also similar to “scotch eggs” in European style preparation.

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Ingredients

For outer layer

4 Whole Eggs, boiled with salt

4 Potatoes (Aloo), boiled

1 Carrot (Gajjar), diced small

1 Cabbage (Patta Gobi/ Muttaikose), diced small

1 Onion, finely chopped

1 Red Chilli powder

1 Turmeric powder (Haldi)

1 Coriander Powder (Dhania)

1 Garam masala powder

Salt, to taste

Oil, for cooking

Instructions for Awadhi Style Nargisi Kofta Recipe (Boiled Egg Wrapped With Spiced Potato Recipe)

We begin making the Awadhi Style Nargisi Kofta Recipe (Boiled Egg Wrapped With Spiced Potato Recipe) by heating a saucepan with oil and sauté the vegetables except the potatoes, mentioned in the list for the outer layer.

Once the vegetables are cooked, add all the spice powders and give it a toss. Season it with salt and pepper. Cover and cook it for 2 more minutes.

Add these sautéed vegetables to the boiled potatoes and give it a nice mash using a potato masher and bind all the ingredients into a paste.

Take the boiled egg and start wrapping the egg with this potato paste as a coating. Tightly seal the potato mixture.

Coat it with bread crumbs evenly and heat a flat bottomed pan with oil and carefully place these koftas and evenly fry them till it is nice and brown all over.

Serve the Awadhi Style Nargisi Kofta (Boiled Egg Wrapped With Spiced Potato) as a party appetizer.