Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, malai kofta. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Malai kofta is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Malai kofta is something that I have loved my whole life.
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.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have malai kofta using 25 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Malai kofta:
Prepare 1 cup cottage cheese/paneer
Get 1 medium boiled potato
Prepare 1 tablespoon all purpose flour
Take 1 medium sized onion
Get 2 large tomatoes
Take 8 cashew nuts
Get 1 tablespoon Ginger-garlic powder
Make ready 1/2 teaspoon grated ginger
Prepare 1 tablespoon chopped corriandar leaves
Prepare 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
Prepare 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
Take 1 teaspoon corriandar powder
Take 1/2 teaspoon cumin powder
Make ready 2-4 green cardamoms
Prepare 2-3 cloves
Get 1 black cardamom
Take 7-8 peppercorns
Get 1 bay leaf
Make ready 1/2 teaspoon sahi garam masala
Make ready 1 teaspoon kasoori methi
Make ready 2 cups oil
Get 2 tablespoon heavy cream/ful fat milk
Make ready 2 teaspoon salt
Make ready 2 teaspoon sugar
Get 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.
Steps to make Malai kofta:
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.
Then heat oil in a pan & deep fry the kofta balls until golden brown & keep aside.
Now In a saucepan add some water and into the water add diced whole onion, tomatoes & cashews & boil until the onion becomes translucent.
Cool down the mixture a bit & make a smooth paste out of it.
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.
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
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.
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.
Finally add sahi garam masala & crushed kasuri methi to it & turn off the flame.
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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