Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, malai kofta. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Malai kofta is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Malai kofta is something which I’ve 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 must first prepare a few components. You can have malai kofta using 23 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Malai kofta:

1. Prepare 250 gm Paneer/Cottage cheese (grated)
2. Prepare 2 Potatoes (grated)
3. Prepare 2-3 tablespoon All purpose flour
4. Make ready To taste Salt
5. Get 3-4 Tomatoes (medium size and chopped)
6. Take 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder
7. Get 1 teaspoon Red chilli powder
8. Prepare 1 teaspoon Coriander powder
9. Prepare 1 teaspoon Garam masala powder
10. Make ready 1 teaspoon Dry fenugreek leaves
11. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon Cumin seeds
12. Prepare 1 teaspoon Sabji masala
13. Take 2 Green cardamom
14. Prepare 1-2 teaspoon Sugar/ Honey
15. Make ready 3-4 tablespoon Cream
16. Make ready 2 Bay leaves
17. Get 4-5 Cloves
18. Take 1 Cinnamon stick
19. Make ready 10-12 Almonds (4-5 finely chopped)
20. Take 8-10 Cashew nuts (2-3 finely chopped)
21. Make ready 5-6 Pistachios (finely chopped)
22. Prepare 15-20 Raisins
23. Take 1 cup Oil

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. In a bowl, combine grated paneer and potatoes, 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder, 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder, 1/2 teaspoon garam masala powder, 1/2 teaspoon sabji masala, salt and mix it well.
2. Now add all purpose flour into it and mix it and form a dough.
3. Now cut small balls from it and then flatten those balls and into it stuff chopped, almonds, pistachios and cashew nuts and raisins and make balls of it and deep fry them.
4. In a grinder, add tomatoes, almonds and cashew nuts and grind it into fine paste.
5. Now heat 1-2 tablespoon oil in a pan, into it and cumin seeds, bay leaves, green cardamom and cloves and allow it to crackle.
6. Now add tomato paste, salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder, sabji masala, garam masala powder, dry fenugreek leaves and honey in it and saute it for 10-15 minutes in low flame.
7. Now add cream in it and cook it for another 2 minutes or till it start leaving sides of the pan.
8. Now add water as per your need and cook it for 8-10 minutes.
9. Then add fry balls in it and cook it for 2-3 minutes and switch of the flame.
10. Your malai kofta is ready to serve.

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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