Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, malai kofta. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Malai kofta is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Malai kofta is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
Malai means cream and kofta are fried balls. So malai kofta literally translates to koftas dunked in a creamy sauce. It is a popular Indian vegetarian dish in which potato paneer balls are served with a.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have malai kofta using 35 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Malai kofta:
- Take for Gravy ingredients-
- Make ready 1 tbsp oil
- Make ready 1 bay leaf
- Make ready 1 inch cinnamon stick
- Get 4 whole green cardamoms ,slightly crushed
- Prepare 3 cloves
- Prepare 1 tsp shahi jeera seeds
- Prepare 6.7 garlic,cloves roughly chopped
- Get 1 inch Ginger roughly chopped
- Take few Green chilli chopped
- Take 1 large onion chopped
- Make ready 2 large tomatoes, chopped
- Get 12 cashews whole & raw
- Get 2 cups water
- Get 2 tsp oil
- Prepare 1 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
- Get 1/2 tsp salt or taste
- Make ready 1 tsp sugar
- Prepare 1 tsp garam masala or more taste
- Take 2 tsp crushed kasuri methi dried & fenegreek leaves
- Take 3 tbsp heavy cream
- Get Pinch cardamon powder
- Make ready as required coriander leaves to garnish
- Get For Kofta ingredients:-
- Get 1 cup mashed boiled potatoes
- Take 1 cup grated paneer
- Make ready 1 tbsp finely chopped ginger
- Get 1 green chilli chopped
- Prepare 1 tbsp chopped chashew
- Take 1 tbsp chopped golden raisians
- Make ready 1.5 tbsp cornstarch
- Get as per taste Salt
- Take 1/4 tsp white pepper powder
- Take 1/4 tsp tspb cardamon powder
- Take as required Oil for frying
Malai stands for cream and Kofta is a fried dumpling of mashed potatoes, paneer (Indian. Malai Kofta is a classic North Indian dish originated from the Mughlai cuisine. Malai refers to the cream and koftas are deep fried paneer and vegetable dumplings in rich and creamy tomato gravy. Malai Kofta is a popular Indian vegetarian side dish made with kofta balls dunked in creamy tomato based gravy.
Instructions to make Malai kofta:
- Make kofta:-Boil the potatoes using a pressure cooker,8-9 whistles on a stove to pressure cooker.you can do this on the side while making the gravy. once the potatoes are boiled let them cool a bit then peel and mash them.
- To a large bowl, now add all ingredients for kofta.boiled and mashed potatoes, grated paneer, finely chopped ginger, green chilli, cashew, raisins, cornstarch, salt, white pepper powder,& cardamom powder.
- Mix everything together with your hands to form a dough. start making koftas from the dough.take some part of the dough and roll between your palms to make it round.
- Similarly, make all the koftas 1 made 9 koftas each around 40 to 42 gmS.
- Make the gravy:-heat a pan on medium heat.once hot,add oil and then add the bay leaf,cinnamon,green cardamom,cloves and shahi jeera.
- Let the spices sizzle for few seconds and then add the chopped garlic,ginger,green chilli and onion. saute for around 2 min.do not brown the onion.
- Then add the tomatoes along with cashews and 2 cups of water and stir.
- Cover the pot with a lid and cook for around 10 to 12 minS untill tomato softens.
- Let ut cool down a bit (around 15 min if you blend it while it's hot it might blow off from the blender) then discard the bay leaf and transfer mixture to a blender.
- Blend to a smooth paste.use a strainer and strain the puree into another bowl.this makes sure the gravy is really smooth.
- Put the same pan on medium heat. again once hot and 2 tbsp unsalted butter & oil let the butter melt.
- Add in the pureed gravy and cook for 2 min. Then add the coriander powder, Kashmiri red chilli powder, salt, sugar & garam masala. let the curry cook 2.3 min.
- Add crushed Kasuri methi and then cream, cook for an additional 2 to 3 min on medium-low heat. Sprinkle cardamom powder and coriander & garnish with onion rings.
Serve them with Naan bread or homemade flatbread! 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 - deep-fried paneer and potato balls, dunked in a creamy-smooth onion tomato based gravy!
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