Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, malai kofta. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. 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 favored of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Malai kofta is something that I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. 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:

1. Take for Gravy ingredients-
2. Take 1 tbsp oil
3. Make ready 1 bay leaf
4. Get 1 inch cinnamon stick
5. Make ready 4 whole green cardamoms ,slightly crushed
6. Prepare 3 cloves
7. Get 1 tsp shahi jeera seeds
8. Prepare 6.7 garlic,cloves roughly chopped
9. Get 1 inch Ginger roughly chopped
10. Prepare few Green chilli chopped
11. Prepare 1 large onion chopped
12. Take 2 large tomatoes, chopped
13. Make ready 12 cashews whole & raw
14. Take 2 cups water
15. Take 2 tsp oil
16. Take 1 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
17. Make ready 1/2 tsp salt or taste
18. Take 1 tsp sugar
19. Get 1 tsp garam masala or more taste
20. Prepare 2 tsp crushed kasuri methi dried & fenegreek leaves
21. Get 3 tbsp heavy cream
22. Get Pinch cardamon powder
23. Get as required coriander leaves to garnish
24. Prepare For Kofta ingredients:-
25. Prepare 1 cup mashed boiled potatoes
26. Take 1 cup grated paneer
27. Prepare 1 tbsp finely chopped ginger
28. Make ready 1 green chilli chopped
29. Take 1 tbsp chopped chashew
30. Take 1 tbsp chopped golden raisians
31. Make ready 1.5 tbsp cornstarch
32. Get as per taste Salt
33. Prepare 1/4 tsp white pepper powder
34. Take 1/4 tsp tspb cardamon powder
35. Make ready 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.

Steps to make Malai kofta:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Similarly, make all the koftas 1 made 9 koftas each around 40 to 42 gmS.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Then add the tomatoes along with cashews and 2 cups of water and stir.
8. Cover the pot with a lid and cook for around 10 to 12 minS untill tomato softens.
9. 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.
10. Blend to a smooth paste.use a strainer and strain the puree into another bowl.this makes sure the gravy is really smooth.
11. Put the same pan on medium heat. again once hot and 2 tbsp unsalted butter & oil let the butter melt.
12. 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.
13. 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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