Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, malai kofta in red gravy. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Malai kofta in red gravy is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Malai kofta in red gravy is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

Check out the recipe of Malai Kofta in Red Gravy. I've already posted the recipe of Malai Kofta in White Gravy a few days ago. White gravy is little sweet in taste and red gravy is spicy in taste.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have malai kofta in red gravy using 34 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Malai kofta in red gravy:

1. Prepare For red gravy-
2. Get 2 tbsp butter
3. Get 2 tbsp oil
4. Get 1 tbsp ginger-garlic-green chillies paste
5. Prepare 1 big onion very finely chopped onion
6. Take 2 medium to big tomatoes grated
7. Make ready as per taste Salt
8. Make ready 1 tsp dhaniya jeera powder
9. Get 1 tsp jeera powder
10. Make ready 1 tsp Kashmiri red chilli powder
11. Prepare 1 tsp kitchen king masala/paubhaji masala
12. Make ready 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
13. Make ready as per taste Salt
14. Get 1 tbsp kasoori methi
15. Get 1 tsp cashew nuts(soak in water for 30 min)
16. Take 1 tsp magattari seeds(soak in water for 30 min)
17. Get 1 tsp poppy seeds(soak in water for 30 min)
18. Take 1 tbsp fresh cream
19. Get 2 tbsp grated cheese
20. Take 1 tbsp milk powder
21. Take For Kofta - outer layer
22. Take 2 big size potatoes
23. Prepare 1 tbsp corn flour
24. Take as per taste Salt
25. Prepare For For Kofta - stuffing-
26. Get 1 tsp ginger green chillies paste
27. Take 1 tbsp chopped almond and cashew nuts
28. Take 1 tsp chopped sultanas (dry grapes)
29. Get 1 Pinch salt
30. Make ready 1 pinch cardemom powder
31. Make ready 1 tsp milk powder
32. Get 2 tbsp chopped coriander
33. Get 1 tbsp paneer crumbs
34. Prepare as required Oil to fry

Then they are added into smooth, rich Punjabi red gravy. This red gravy is made from onion, tomato, cashew nuts. Malai kofta is a popular as well as most sought after vegetarian Indian dish in restaurants. Malai means cream and Kofta are fried dumpling balls.

Instructions to make Malai kofta in red gravy:

1. To prepare gravy, first heat oil and butter in a nonstick pan. Fry ginger-garlic-green chilli paste and then onion till it turns slightly brown.
2. Add grated tomatoes, salt, chilli powder, jeera powder, kitchen king masala, and dhaniya jeera powder. Toss kasoori methi a bit till crunchy and then rub it in between your palms over the curry. Mix everything and fry well for about 3-4 min or till oil oozes. Make a smooth paste of cashew, magattari and poppy seeds using a bit of water to grind. Add it in the gravy. Combine everything.
3. Lightly run the paubhaji crusher through this mixure and mash it up to get smooth texture as much as possible. Add about 1/4 cup water, mix and then add milk powder. Combine well and fry for a minute or two or till oil oozes. Add a cup or two water to adjust the consistency of the gravy. Add fresh cream and cheese. Blend everything well and fry till oil oozes on the surface. Gravy is ready.
4. For kofta: Boil potatoes in salty water. Peel and mash them smooth. Add salt and cornflour. Combine everything well and ensure that there are no pieces of potatoes left in it. Combine all the items for kofta stuffing.
5. Take a lemon size ball of potato, make it smooth in your palm. Press it between the palms to make thepli. Fold your palm a bit to make the pli deep in between. Fill in the stuffing and seal it gently. You can fold your palm further more to bring the edges together to make it easy to seal.
6. Press and turn this ball gently like you are making laddus. This will seal the kofta well all around and shape it. Make smooth balls. Sprinkle a little corn over them. Shake a ball at a time on your fingers to spread the flour evenly and to get rid of excess flour.
7. Heat oil near to smoking temperature. Put a ball on the frying spoon and gently slide it in the oil. Place a few ball like this in the oil and fry light brown. Remove from oil.
8. For Serving : just at the time of serving, place the koftas in the serving plate. Pour gravy over them and garnish with fresh cream.

The gravy or curry can be kept white or colored red or brown by using spice powders and tomato puree. Both ways the malai kofta tastes good. Malai Kofta is made in a thick creamy gravy made from ground cashew nuts, onion, tomato and various spices. The red color in the gravy comes from the addition of tomatoes and red chilli powder. Malai Kofta dish goes very with all Indian breads like naan, roti, missi moti as.

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