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Malai kofta recipe - Make the best restaurant style malai paneer kofta in delicious and creamy gravy. So malai kofta literally translates to koftas dunked in a creamy sauce. Deep fried balls (koftas) made with potato and paneer are dunked in a creamy spiced velvety smooth curry.
Malai kofta is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Malai kofta is something which I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook malai kofta using 27 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Malai kofta:
- Make ready 1 cup panner (mashed)
- Get 1 cup boiled potato (mashed)
- Make ready 1 cup onion (finely chopped)
- Prepare 2 cup tomato (finely chopped)
- Take 2 tsp finelly chopped ginger
- Get 1 tsp finely chopped garlic
- Prepare 2 tsp finely chopped green chilli
- Prepare 1 bay leaf
- Get 1 big cardamom
- Make ready 1-2 green cardamom
- Prepare 1 small cinnamon stick
- Get 1-2 cloves
- Take 1/2 tsp sha jeera
- Make ready 1 tsp sugar
- Get 1/2 tsp turmeric
- Make ready 1/2 tsp red chilli poweder
- Prepare 1/2 tsp jeera powder
- Prepare 1 tsp coriander powder
- Get 1 1/2 tsp corn flour
- Make ready 2 tsp chopped cashew nuts
- Prepare 1/4 cup whole cashew nuts
- Get as per taste Salt
- Take as required Oil (for deep frying)
- Take 1/2 cup butter
- Get 1-2 tsp kasuri methi
- Take 1 tsp chopped green coriander leaves
- Take 1-2 fresh cream
Malai Kofta - deep-fried paneer and potato balls, dunked in a creamy-smooth onion tomato based gravy! Once you taste this curry you will make it again. Malai Kofta is a very popular North Indian dish & undoubtedly tops the list of foods ordered at Indian restaurants. Malai stands for cream and Kofta is a fried dumpling of mashed potatoes, paneer (Indian.
Instructions to make Malai kofta:
- Kofta preparation: In a mixing bowl, add mashed paneer, mashed potato, 1 tsp chopped ginger, 1 tsp green chilli, 1 tsp chopped green coriander leaves, a pinch of salt, cornflour and mix well to make a dough. Now take a small portion and using hands give a round or oval shape to the kofta, prepare the koftas from the dough similar way. Now deep fry them until golden brown and keep aside.
- Gravy preparation: Heat the kadhai, add butter. When butter melts, add bay leaf, cardamoms, cloves, cinnamon stick and shahi jeera and saute for few seconds, now add chopped onion, ginger, garlic, green chillies and saute until onion is cooked (ensure onions are not burnt or overcooked), now add all the dry masala powder and mix well. Now add chopped tomato, whole cashew nuts, sugar and salt and mix well. Saute for few minutes until tomato is half cooked. Now add 2 cups of water.
- Keep for boiling until tomatoes are mashed and cashew nuts are tender, switch off the flame, once the mixture is slightly cooled down, blend it into a smooth paste(before blending remove the bay leaf). Now keep a kadhai on gas, switch on the flame, strain the blended paste using a strainer and add into the kadhai, add little water if it's too thick. Now stir for few seconds, add 1 tsp Kasuri methi, 1-2 tsp fresh cream and mix well. Switch off the flame.
- Time to serve: In a serving bowl, place the koftas and now add the gravy on top of it. Garnish with Kasuri methi or fresh coriander leaves. Serve with roti/nun/steam rice
Malai kofta is a delicious and rich main dish. Paneer dumplings with rich cream gravy. One of the popular paneer dishes for any special occasion. Malai Kofta is a popular Indian vegetarian side dish made with kofta balls dunked in creamy tomato based gravy. Serve them with Naan bread or homemade flatbread!
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