Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, malai kofta. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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 well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Malai kofta is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook malai kofta using 33 ingredients and 21 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Malai kofta:
- Get For kofta
- Get potato, boiled & mashed
- Get paneer
- Make ready chilli, finely chopped
- Prepare coriander, finely chopped
- Prepare cumin powder
- Prepare salt
- Get raisins
- Take cashew chopped
- Take refined flour
- Make ready Oil for frying
- Get For onion tomato pure
- Prepare oil
- Prepare onion, sliced
- Prepare ginger garlic paste
- Get tomato, sliced
- Take cashew
- Make ready For curry
- Get butter
- Take oil
- Make ready cumin,
- Get bay leaf,
- Take cardamom,
- Take cinnamon,
- Prepare cloves
- Make ready kashmiri red chilli powder
- Prepare Coriander powder
- Prepare Turmeric powder
- Get Salt
- Get cream
- Prepare kasuri methi, crushed
- Get garam masala
- Make ready Cashew nuts and fresh coriander for garnishing
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:
- 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.
- Fry until the kofta turn golden brown and crisp.drain off the koftas and keep aside.
- Now, 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, 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 garnish with fresh coriander, cashew nuts, malai kofta is ready to enjoy.
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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