Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, malai kofta. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Malai kofta is a hugely popular dish on Indian restaurant menus all over the world. It is a special occasion food probably because making it is a labor of love and takes time and effort. Malai (meaning creamy in Hindi) kofta is the perfect vegetarian alternative to meatballs.

Malai kofta is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Malai kofta is something that I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have malai kofta using 25 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Malai kofta:

1. Prepare 1 cup cottage cheese/paneer
2. Take 1 medium boiled potato
3. Prepare 1 tablespoon all purpose flour
4. Make ready 1 medium sized onion
5. Make ready 2 large tomatoes
6. Take 8 cashew nuts
7. Make ready 1 tablespoon Ginger-garlic powder
8. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon grated ginger
9. Get 1 tablespoon chopped corriandar leaves
10. Prepare 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
11. Get 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
12. Make ready 1 teaspoon corriandar powder
13. Get 1/2 teaspoon cumin powder
14. Make ready 2-4 green cardamoms
15. Take 2-3 cloves
16. Get 1 black cardamom
17. Make ready 7-8 peppercorns
18. Make ready 1 bay leaf
19. Get 1/2 teaspoon sahi garam masala
20. Get 1 teaspoon kasoori methi
21. Prepare 2 cups oil
22. Take 2 tablespoon heavy cream/ful fat milk
23. Get 2 teaspoon salt
24. Take 2 teaspoon sugar
25. Prepare 2 green chillies

These are served with a rich, delicious and creamy gravy to which malai (cream) has been added. Malai Kofta is a popular Indian vegetarian curry recipe. It is known for the creamy soft Kofta balls. The Kofta balls are made using potatoes, paneer, cashews, and raisins.

Instructions to make Malai kofta:

1. 1st mix cottage cheese,boiled mashed potatoes, coriander leaves,all purpose flour,salt,garam masala powder, 2 tablespoon powdered milk & finely grated ginger together & make medium sized balls out of it.
2. Then heat oil in a pan & deep fry the kofta balls until golden brown & keep aside.
3. Now In a saucepan add some water and into the water add diced whole onion, tomatoes & cashews & boil until the onion becomes translucent.
4. Cool down the mixture a bit & make a smooth paste out of it.
5. Now in another pan heat up some oil & add whole spices (bay leaf, green cardamoms,black cardamom & clove, peppercorns) & wait untill the aroma comes out from the spices then add 2 green chillies.
6. Now in that oil add a water mixture of Ginger-garlic paste + cumin powder+ coriander powder + red chilli powder + turmeric powder.Then stir & mix well the spice mixture until the oil separates from it
7. Once the spice mixture is done add the tomato-onion paste & incorporate everything together. Then add the salt & sugar & cover the pan & simmer for 10 minutes.
8. After that if the gravy is too thick add some lukewarm water to it then add heavy cream or full fat milk & simmer for 5 more minutes.
9. Finally add sahi garam masala & crushed kasuri methi to it & turn off the flame.
10. Arrange fried Koftas in a serving platter & pour the gravy slowly onto the Koftas. Garnish it with chopped coriander leaves & serve hot with rice or rotis.

Mughalai version: It has mild, slightly sweet, aromatic white gravy. This restaurant style malai kofta is a rich dish. So it is made on special occasions or for special guests. Malai kofta recipe is one of the popular paneer recipes. Malai Kofta is a very popular Indian vegetarian dish where balls (kofta) made of potato and paneer are deep fried and served with a creamy and spiced tomato based curry.

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