Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, malai kofta. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little 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 well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Malai Kofta is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have malai kofta using 27 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Malai Kofta:

1. Prepare For malai kofta
2. Make ready 1 cup paneer crumbled (about 150 grams)
3. Take 1 cup potato boiled & mashed (about 2 large)
4. Make ready 2 1/2 tablespoon corn flour (corn starch
5. Take as needed Salt
6. Prepare 1/2-3/4 teaspoon Garam masala
7. Make ready 1 tablespoon cashews chopped (optional)
8. Make ready 1 tablespoon raisins (optional)
9. Get as needed Oil for deep frying
10. Prepare ingredients for gravy
11. Make ready 1 cup onions cubed
12. Take 1 1/2 cup tomatoes cubed
13. Take 8-10 cashew nuts
14. Take 1 inch cinnamon stick or dalchini
15. Get 4 Cloves/laung
16. Prepare 6 green cardamoms or elaichi
17. Prepare Others
18. Get 2 tablespoons oil/ghee
19. Take 1 tablespoon Ginger-garlic paste
20. Prepare 1 teaspoon red chilli powder (use as needed)
21. Get 1 teaspoon Garam masala
22. Get 1 teaspoon coriander powder
23. Make ready as needed Salt
24. Take to taste sugar
25. Get 1/2 cup water
26. Make ready 1/2-3/4 teaspoon kasuri methi or fenugreek leaves
27. Prepare 3-4 tablespoons cream

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. Heat 1 tbsp oil/ghee in a pan. Add cardamoms, cloves, cashews and onions.  Saute until onions turn transparent or golden. Next add tomatoes & saute until they turn soft and mushy. or You can also pour half cup water & boil all the ingredients until soft.Turn off the stove and cool completely. Blend this to a smooth puree.
2. To make malai kofta, boil potatoes until just done and not mushy. Crumble them and add to a mixing bowl along with crumbled paneer, corn flour, salt, and chopped coriander leaves.Also add raisins and cashews. Or you can stuff them in the koftas.Mix everything well and divide the dough to 8 equal parts. Roll them to balls.Heat oil in a kadai for deep frying. Check if the oil is hot enough by sliding in a small portion of the malai kofta mixture. - It has to rise without
3. Heat a pan with oil. Add bay leaf cardamoms. Saute for a minute.Add ginger garlic paste and saute on a low heat till the raw smell goes away. This takes about 2 to 3 mins.Quickly stir in chilli powder, garam masala, salt and sugar.
 - Pour the onion tomato puree. Mix it well.
 Saute for 3 to 4 mins for the raw smell of chilli powder to go away. Cook covered until the mixture thickens for about 3 to 5 mins.  Pour water to make a gravy. Cook covered until

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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