Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, malai kofta. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Malai Kofta is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Malai Kofta is something that I’ve loved my whole 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 recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook malai kofta using 31 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Malai Kofta:
- Make ready Kofta-
- Make ready large boiled potatoes
- Prepare paneer
- Take Pepper powder
- Prepare garam masala powder
- Prepare cornflour
- Prepare Coriander
- Prepare Salt
- Make ready Cashews (optional)
- Get raisins(optional)
- Prepare Oil for frying
- Prepare gravy-
- Take onions
- Take tomatoes
- Get green chilies
- Prepare cloves
- Make ready cardamom
- Prepare cinnamon stick
- Get Cashewnuts
- Prepare garlic cloves
- Get Ginger
- Get Gravy-
- Get Oil
- Take bay leaf
- Take Red chilli powder(adjust to taste)
- Make ready garam masala (adjust to taste)
- Get coriander powder
- Make ready sugar
- Get Salt
- Get Cream
- Take kasuri methi
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:
- Saute for gravy as the first step as that will take the longest. First in a pan, heat oil add cloves, cardamom and cinnamon.once this is heated add roughly chopped onion, chillies and garlic & ginger. Saute until translucent. Add the tomatoes add mix all the ingredients. Add half a cup of needed to cook this mixture a little quickly. Add little salt at this stage. Put a lid to this and let it cook until mushy(minimum15-20mins)
- While the above is cooking, take the ingredients for kofta in a bowl(excluding cashew & raisin) and mix well. Now create balls or whatever shape you would like the kofta in. Optional: Add cashew & raisin as a stuffing in between and give the desired shape. (Also, if for a little more taste saute the cashews & raisin in ghee and then add)
- Check the saute if it's ready once it is, let the mixture cool down before using a blender or mixer. Once this is ready. Heat the pan with a tablespoon of oil and add the mixture. Add red chilli powder, garam masala powder, coriander powder and sugar. Cover the mixture and let it cook until the raw smell of the added powder does not go away. Due to cashews, the gravy will thicken, add 1-1.5 cups of water at this stage.
- Add 1-1.5cups of water and let the gravy thicken again at this stage the raw smell should have faded and traces of oil will be seen on top. Check for salt and spices and add whatever seems missing at this stage
- While the gravy is cooking and thickening, deep fry the koftas in oil and keep them aside.
- Add kasuri methi and put the gas off. Add cream to this gravy when it's hot and mix. Gravy is ready
- Now take a large serving bowl and pour the gravy in it. Slide in the koftas one by one. Decorate it with coriander and some malai(cream)
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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