Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, malai kofta. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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.

Malai kofta is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Malai kofta is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook malai kofta using 27 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Malai kofta:

1. Prepare Kofta ingredients
2. Take 1 . Paneer - 75 gms
3. Get 2 . Boiled Potato - 2 medium size
4. Make ready 3 . Corn flour 2 tbsp
5. Get 4 . Anardana powder - 1 tsp
6. Make ready 5 . Salt as per taste
7. Prepare 6 . Cilantro chopped
8. Get 7 . Red chilli powder - 1.5 tsp (or u can adjust taste as per spice level u want)
9. Prepare 8 . OPTIONAL - Dry fruits for Stuffing in kofta - almond, raisin & cashew nuts (coarsely chopped)
10. Take Gravy ingredients
11. Get 1 . Chopped Onion - 1 medium to large size
12. Get 2 . Chopped Tomato- 1 & 1/2 m to l size
13. Take 3 . Garlic chopped - 1 tbsp
14. Get 4 . Ginger chopped - 1/2 tbsp
15. Get 5 . Green chilli - 1 tbsp
16. Make ready 6 . Whole Black pepper - 8 to 10
17. Make ready 7 . Whole Cashews - 8 to 10
18. Prepare 8 . Cooking cream - 3 tbsp
19. Take 9 . Ghee - 1 & 1/2 tbsp
20. Prepare 10 . Oil - 1 & 1/2 tbsp
21. Make ready 11 . Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
22. Prepare 12 . Salt as per taste
23. Get 13 . Red chilli powder - 1tbsp
24. Prepare 14 . Dhaniya jeera powder - 1tsp
25. Take 15 . Dry Kasuri methi leaves - 1 tsp
26. Make ready 16 . Kali ilaichi / black cardamom
27. Get 17 . Bay leaf

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:

1. Method for kofta: - - grate paneer and boiled potatoes (leave a small portion of grated potatoes to bind dry fruits), add all the ingredients except for dry fruits which needs to be used for stuffing. Combine everything. - - Combine left over potato with dry fruits - - Make small round balls of kofta and stuff dry fruits inside them - - Roll it in dry maida flour and dust of excess flour - - Deep fry them on medium to high heat until golden brown. - - Tip : add kofta only when u are about to eat
2. Method for gravy: - - - heat oil (1tbsp) and ghee in a pan. Add cumin seeds, black pepper corn, kali ilaichi, bay leaf once done add onions and sauté until golden. Add chopped garlic, ginger & green chilli. Give a stir. - - Add chopped tomatoes, cashew nuts and stir. Add salt as per taste. Add 3/4th cup of water and cook it with close lid for 5-6 mins. Let it cool, remove bay leaf and kali ilaichi and grind it in a smooth paste - - Strain the paste (use little water to easily strain it)
3. Heat 1tbsp oil in a pan and then add 1 tbsp red chilli powder & strained gravy - - Add water to make the gravy thin but not watery, add kasuri methi. Check if extra salt is required. Cook it for 4mins on medium heat to get good consistency - - Add 2 tbsp cooking cream and cook for 2-3 mins. - - To serve plate kofta and pour gravy. use cream and chopped cilantro to present it

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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