Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, malai kofta. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Malai Kofta is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Malai Kofta is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
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 begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook malai kofta using 31 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Malai Kofta:
- Take For Kofta-
- Prepare 2 large boiled potatoes
- Make ready 100 gms paneer
- Take 1 tsp Pepper powder
- Take 1/2 tsp garam masala powder
- Get 1.5 tbsp cornflour
- Make ready leaves Coriander
- Make ready to taste Salt
- Prepare 5-6 Cashews (optional)
- Get 8-10 raisins(optional)
- Take as required Oil for frying
- Make ready For gravy-
- Make ready 2 onions
- Prepare 4 tomatoes
- Make ready 2 green chilies
- Prepare 3-4 cloves
- Make ready 1-2 cardamom
- Make ready 1 cinnamon stick
- Take 8-10 Cashewnuts
- Prepare 3-4 garlic cloves
- Make ready 1 inch Ginger
- Prepare For Gravy-
- Prepare 1 tbsp Oil
- Get 1 bay leaf
- Take 1 tsp Red chilli powder(adjust to taste)
- Get 1 tsp garam masala (adjust to taste)
- Make ready 1 tsp coriander powder
- Make ready 1/2 tsp sugar
- Make ready as per taste Salt
- Take 2-3 tbsp Cream
- Make ready 1 tsp kasuri methi
Malai stands for cream and Kofta is a fried dumpling of mashed potatoes, paneer (Indian. 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! Vegan malai kofta is a delicious Indian dish.
Steps 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 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 - 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. this recipe post of malai kofta recipe, i have used the aloo anyway, before wrapping up the recipe, i would like to include some tips, suggestions and variation to malai kofta recipe. firstly, i would heavily. Malai kofta is a delicious and rich main dish.
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