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Malai kofta is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Malai kofta is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
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.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook malai kofta using 27 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Malai kofta:
- Prepare Kofta ingredients
- Make ready . Paneer - 75 gms
- Make ready . Boiled Potato - 2 medium size
- Make ready . Corn flour 2 tbsp
- Prepare . Anardana powder - 1 tsp
- Prepare . Salt as per taste
- Prepare . Cilantro chopped
- Take . Red chilli powder - 1.5 tsp (or u can adjust taste as per spice level u want)
- Take . OPTIONAL - Dry fruits for Stuffing in kofta - almond, raisin & cashew nuts (coarsely chopped)
- Make ready Gravy ingredients
- Get . Chopped Onion - 1 medium to large size
- Take . Chopped Tomato- 1 & 1/2 m to l size
- Prepare . Garlic chopped - 1 tbsp
- Prepare . Ginger chopped - 1/2 tbsp
- Get . Green chilli - 1 tbsp
- Make ready . Whole Black pepper - 8 to 10
- Prepare . Whole Cashews - 8 to 10
- Make ready . Cooking cream - 3 tbsp
- Prepare . Ghee - 1 & 1/2 tbsp
- Prepare . Oil - 1 & 1/2 tbsp
- Prepare . Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
- Get . Salt as per taste
- Take . Red chilli powder - 1tbsp
- Get . Dhaniya jeera powder - 1tsp
- Get . Dry Kasuri methi leaves - 1 tsp
- Get . Kali ilaichi / black cardamom
- Take . Bay leaf
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.
Steps to make Malai kofta:
- Method for kofta: - - grate paneer and boiled potatoes (leave a small portion of grated potatoes to bind dry fruits), add all the ingredients except for dry fruits which needs to be used for stuffing. Combine everything. - - Combine left over potato with dry fruits - - Make small round balls of kofta and stuff dry fruits inside them - - Roll it in dry maida flour and dust of excess flour - - Deep fry them on medium to high heat until golden brown. - - Tip : add kofta only when u are about to eat
- Method for gravy: - - - heat oil (1tbsp) and ghee in a pan. Add cumin seeds, black pepper corn, kali ilaichi, bay leaf once done add onions and sauté until golden. Add chopped garlic, ginger & green chilli. Give a stir. - - Add chopped tomatoes, cashew nuts and stir. Add salt as per taste. Add 3/4th cup of water and cook it with close lid for 5-6 mins. Let it cool, remove bay leaf and kali ilaichi and grind it in a smooth paste - - Strain the paste (use little water to easily strain it)
- Heat 1tbsp oil in a pan and then add 1 tbsp red chilli powder & strained gravy - - Add water to make the gravy thin but not watery, add kasuri methi. Check if extra salt is required. Cook it for 4mins on medium heat to get good consistency - - Add 2 tbsp cooking cream and cook for 2-3 mins. - - To serve plate kofta and pour gravy. use cream and chopped cilantro to present it
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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