Kofta is a term used for meatballs in Indian cuisine.. wait, let me rephrase - Meatballs known as kefte (or Kufta, kifta, kofte, kyufta..) probably made their way from the Middle East to India (and the term gradually changed the way it sounded as more and more innovations and new ingredients reformulated whatever the original recipe was, just like the Indian 'Samosa' was originally a Persian Sanbosag. - By the time my Dad had my mother taste it for the first time after she got married, it was in a completely vegetarian avatar. SHe used to make it with bottle gourd, shredded and squeezed out all the liquid, tossed with garbanzo flour and spices and deep fried. Her version for the gravy was more like the flavors of those used in a creamy, buttery chana masala, but, I wanted to try something vegan , and so this version is a creamy sauce with plenty of onions and thickened with garbanzo flour and almond meal.

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