Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, malai kofta. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look 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 meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Malai kofta is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook malai kofta using 25 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Malai kofta:

1. Make ready 1 cup cottage cheese/paneer
2. Take 1 medium boiled potato
3. Make ready 1 tablespoon all purpose flour
4. Get 1 medium sized onion
5. Get 2 large tomatoes
6. Get 8 cashew nuts
7. Prepare 1 tablespoon Ginger-garlic powder
8. Take 1/2 teaspoon grated ginger
9. Make ready 1 tablespoon chopped corriandar leaves
10. Prepare 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
11. Take 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
12. Get 1 teaspoon corriandar powder
13. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon cumin powder
14. Take 2-4 green cardamoms
15. Take 2-3 cloves
16. Take 1 black cardamom
17. Prepare 7-8 peppercorns
18. Get 1 bay leaf
19. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon sahi garam masala
20. Take 1 teaspoon kasoori methi
21. Make ready 2 cups oil
22. Make ready 2 tablespoon heavy cream/ful fat milk
23. Make ready 2 teaspoon salt
24. Prepare 2 teaspoon sugar
25. Get 2 green chillies

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. 1st mix cottage cheese,boiled mashed potatoes, coriander leaves,all purpose flour,salt,garam masala powder, 2 tablespoon powdered milk & finely grated ginger together & make medium sized balls out of it.
2. Then heat oil in a pan & deep fry the kofta balls until golden brown & keep aside.
3. Now In a saucepan add some water and into the water add diced whole onion, tomatoes & cashews & boil until the onion becomes translucent.
4. Cool down the mixture a bit & make a smooth paste out of it.
5. Now in another pan heat up some oil & add whole spices (bay leaf, green cardamoms,black cardamom & clove, peppercorns) & wait untill the aroma comes out from the spices then add 2 green chillies.
6. Now in that oil add a water mixture of Ginger-garlic paste + cumin powder+ coriander powder + red chilli powder + turmeric powder.Then stir & mix well the spice mixture until the oil separates from it
7. Once the spice mixture is done add the tomato-onion paste & incorporate everything together. Then add the salt & sugar & cover the pan & simmer for 10 minutes.
8. After that if the gravy is too thick add some lukewarm water to it then add heavy cream or full fat milk & simmer for 5 more minutes.
9. Finally add sahi garam masala & crushed kasuri methi to it & turn off the flame.
10. Arrange fried Koftas in a serving platter & pour the gravy slowly onto the Koftas. Garnish it with chopped coriander leaves & serve hot with rice or rotis.

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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