Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, malai kofta. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Malai means cream and kofta are fried balls. So malai kofta literally translates to koftas dunked in a creamy sauce. It is a popular Indian vegetarian dish in which potato paneer balls are served with a. Malai Kofta is a popular Indian vegetarian side dish made with kofta balls dunked in creamy tomato based gravy.
Malai Kofta is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Malai Kofta is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook malai kofta using 33 ingredients and 29 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Malai Kofta:
- Prepare 3 potato / aloo, boiled & mashed
- Take 3/4 cup paneer / cottage cheese, grated
- Take 1 chilli, finely chopped
- Take 2 tbsp coriander, finely chopped
- Make ready 1/4 tsp cumin powder
- Take 1/2 tsp salt
- Prepare 2 tbsp raisins
- Make ready 2 tbsp cashew / kaju, chopped
- Get 2 tbsp maida / plain flour
- Prepare oil, for frying
- Prepare FOR ONION TOMATO PUREE:
- Prepare 2 tbsp oil
- Take 1 onion, sliced
- Prepare 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- Take 2 tomato, sliced
- Take 2 tbsp cashew / kaju
- Get for curry
- Prepare 1 tbsp butter
- Make ready 2 tbsp oil
- Make ready 1 tsp cumin
- Make ready 2 pod cardamom
- Get 1 bay leaf
- Prepare 1 inch cinnamon
- Prepare 2 clove
- Get 1 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
- Make ready 1/2 tsp turmeric
- Get 3/4 tsp coriander powder
- Get 1/4 tsp cumin powder
- Prepare 1 tsp salt
- Make ready 1/4 cup cream / malai
- Make ready 1/2 cup water
- Make ready 1 tsp kasuri methi, crushed
- Make ready 1/4 tsp garam masala
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 as well as most sought after vegetarian Indian dish in restaurants.
Instructions to make Malai Kofta:
- Firstly, in a large mixing bowl take 3 potato and ¾ cup paneer.
- Also add 1 chilli, 2 tbsp coriander, ¼ tsp cumin powder and ½ tsp salt.
- Add 2 tbsp raisins and 2 tbsp cashew to have crunchy bite in kofta.
- Mix well making sure all the spices are well combined
- Now add 2 tbsp maida and mix well forming a soft dough. maida helps to absorb moisture and bind the mixture well.
- Prepare a small ball sized kofta by greasing hand with oil.
- Deep fry on medium hot oil.
- Stir occasionally, making sure the koftas are cooked uniformly.
- Fry until the kofta turn golden brown and crisp.
- Drain off the koftas and keep aside.
- CURRY PREPARATION FOR MALIA KOFTA:
- Firstly, in a pan heat 2 tbsp oil and saute 1 onion, 1 tsp ginger garlic paste.
- Saute until onions changes colour slightly.
- Further add 2 tomato and saute slightly.
- Now add 2 tbsp cashew and continue to saute until tomatoes soften completely.
- Cool completely and transfer to a blender.
- Blend to smooth paste adding water if required.
- Now filter the mixture to get rid of skin and seeds.
- Filter until silky smooth onion-tomato puree is attained. keep aside.
- In a large kadai heat 1 tbsp butter and 2 tbsp oil.
- Saute 1 tsp cumin, 2 pod cardamom, 1 bay leaf, 1 inch cinnamon, 2 clove until it turns aromatic.
- Further keeping the flame on low, add 1 tsp chilli powder, ½ tsp turmeric, ¾ tsp coriander powder and ¼ tsp cumin powder.
- Saute until the spices turn aromatic.
- Further add in the prepared onion tomato puree, 1 tsp salt and mix well.
- Cover and cook until the mixture starts to thicken and oil separates from sides.
- Now add ¼ cup cream and mix on low flame until it's well combined.
- Further, add ½ cup water and mix well adjusting consistency as required.
- Get the curry to a boil, add 1 tsp kasuri methi and ¼ tsp garam masala. mix well.
- Finally, pour the curry over kofta and malai kofta is ready to enjoy.
One of the popular paneer dishes for any special occasion. Malai kofta is a popular as well as most sought after vegetarian Indian dish in restaurants. In this delicious restaurant style malai kofta recipe, the kofta are made with paneer and potatoes. I have had malai kofta only once in my life time. And finally once got it too and thought I should post malai kofta in this.
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