Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, malai kofta. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Malai kofta is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are nice and they look wonderful. Malai kofta is something that I have 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 begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have malai kofta using 34 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Malai kofta:

1. Make ready For kofta balls
2. Get 1 cup Crumbled paneer (150gms)
3. Take 2 large boiled potatoes crumbled
4. Make ready 3 tbsp corn flour
5. Get 1 Tsp ginger paste
6. Prepare 1 Tsp turmeric powder
7. Prepare 1 Tsp coriander leaves finely chopped
8. Get 1 tbsp raisins/corn/Cashews (chopped) optional
9. Take 1/2 tsp garam masala
10. Get 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
11. Prepare As per taste Salt as/ taste
12. Take For gravy-
13. Prepare 2 medium sized cubed tomatoes
14. Get 1 medium sized onion cubed
15. Get 6-7 cashews
16. Get 4-5 almonds
17. Take 4 green cardamom
18. Take 4 cloves
19. Take 1-2 bay leaves
20. Make ready 1 tbsp Oil
21. Get Others ingredients–
22. Prepare 1 tbsp Kasuri methi
23. Take 3-4 tbsp cream
24. Get As required Oil when needed
25. Take 1-2 bay leaves (optional)
26. Take 1 Cinnamon stick (optional)
27. Make ready 2 cardamoms (optional)
28. Prepare 1 tsp red chilli powder
29. Take 3/4 tsp garam masala
30. Prepare 1 tsp coriander powder
31. Take 1 tsp asaefaeda (heeng)
32. Take 1 Tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
33. Prepare As required Salt
34. Make ready As needed Water

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. To a mixing bowl add crumbled potatoes, paneer, corn flour, turmeric powder, garam masala, salt, ginger paste, coriander leaves etc.
2. You can add corn, cashews, raisins, stuff them in the balls or cheese if you prefer.
3. Make them to smoth balls, fry them in medium flame until it turns golden and crisp, drain them on a kitchen tissue.
4. Prepare malai- Heat a pan with 1tbsp oil add onion, cashews, almonds, cardamom, cloves, bay leaves Saute them until the onions turns light golden.
5. Then add tomatoes and saute until they turn soft.
6. Cool them completely, do not blend it hot, now add them to blender and make a fine puree/ paste.
7. Now heat a pan and add jeera, asaefaeda, turmeric, tomato puree saute for a min or until the raw smell goes away
8. Now add red chilli powder, coriander powder, salt, garam masala. Do not over burn
9. You can add all the dry ingredients into the pure and then transfer it to oil, cover it with lid and cook for 3 min stir occasionally.
10. Now add water as per you need and cook covered until the gravy thickens and traces of oil are seen.
11. Now add kasuri methi and check salt and spice.
12. Lower the flame, pour cream and mix well.
13. Add koftas Just before serving otherwise they will not remain crispy
14. Garnish with some coriander leaves or cream to give it a final touch and your recipe is ready

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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