Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, malai kofta. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to 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 favored of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Malai kofta is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook malai kofta using 21 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Malai kofta:

1. Take For paneer Dumplings
2. Get 1 cup paneer
3. Take 1 big size boiled potato
4. Make ready 1/4 tsp black pepper
5. Get to taste Salt
6. Prepare 1-2 tbsp All purpose flour
7. Get For gravy:-
8. Get 1 medium size onion
9. Prepare 2-3 medium size tomatoes
10. Get 3-4 garlic cloves
11. Make ready 1-2 free chilies
12. Get 1 inches ginger
13. Take Handful cashews
14. Take 1 big cardamom
15. Make ready 3-4 small cardamom
16. Prepare 5-6 cloves
17. Get 7-8 black pepper
18. Make ready 1 inch cinnamon stick
19. Take 2-3 tbsp butter or ghee
20. Take to taste All dry masala
21. Get 1-2 tbsp Besan

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. For making paneer dumplings.
2. Crush the paneer and mash the potato. Mix them together very well. In it add all purpose flour, salt, black pepper powder. And mix it to form a dough.
3. Make a ball out of the dough. And roll it in dry all purpose flour.
4. Heat oil in a pan on medium flame and fry these ball till it becomes golden brown.
5. Let start making gravy. For gravy heat oil in a pan on medium flame. To it add cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, black pepper corns, add fry itvtill it starts giving nice aroma. Then add cashews to it. Fry it for another couple of minutes. Then add garlic, green chilies, ginger. Once all raw aroma of garlic gone add sliced onions to it. Fry it till then onions become translucent. Then add tomatoes to it. Add salt and sugar to it.
6. Add water and cover it and let it boil for at least 20-25 minutes on low flame.
7. Take the mixture in a blender and blend it smoothly. Strain the mixture once. Or twice to get smooth consistency.
8. Now add ghee in a pan. To it add a mixture of red chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, and Besan to it. Cook it till Besan start giving nice aroma. Or for 2-3 minutes.
9. Then add our strained mixture to it. Cook the mixture for 15-20 minutes on low flame. Our gravy is ready to serve.
10. Put paneer dumplings in a serving dish and pour gravy over it. Garnish with coriander leaves and cream. Enjoy

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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