Malai Kofta Recipe
Malai Kofta is one of a popular Vegetarian Indian Curry. Fried potato and cottage cheese balls in a creamy tomato onion gravy.
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Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
For kofta:
- 4 boiled potatoes
- 1/2 cup crumbled cottage cheese/paneer
- 1 tbsp cornflour
- salt to taste
- 1/4 tsp red pepper powder/ Lal mirch powder
For Gravy:
- 3 onions roughly chopped
- 3 tomatoes roughly chopped
- 2-3 cloves Garlic roughly chopped
- 1 green chili chopped
- 1 tsp ginger chopped
- 15 cashew nuts
- 1 tsp + 1 tsp ghee/oil
- 1/2 tsp red chili powder/ Lal mirch
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder/ Haldi
- salt to taste
- 1/4 tsp garam masala
- 1 tbsp dried fenugreek leaves/ kasoori methi
- 1 tbsp Cream
for garnish
- chopped coriander leaves
- a few drops of cream
- Lal mirch wala ghee red chili powder is added to hot ghee and drizzled over the dish. This is optional.
Instructions
To make Malai Kofta
- Heat 1 tsp ghee in a kadhai. Saute onions, ginger, garlic, and green chilies for some time till onions turn translucent. Now add Cashews and roughly chopped tomatoes. Cook till tomatoes are cooked stirring frequently. Switch off the flame and let the mixture cool down completely before blending.
fry Kofta
- In the meantime prepare your koftas. Grate boiled potatoes and paneer. Mix all the ingredients mentioned under for Kofta.
- Give them the desired shape. you can make round balls, oblong or flat like tikki. I got around 12 koftes. when oil is hot check by frying a small piece of dough. If it holds its shape then fine otherwise add some more cornflour to the dough and check again.
- Deep fry on medium flame till dark golden brown. Don’t overcrowd the kofte in oil because then they might crack and absorb oil. I fry 2 or 3 koftes at a time.
for Gravy
- Grind the mixture into a smooth paste.
- Heat 1 tsp ghee. When it’s hot add red chili powder, turmeric powder, and salt. Add ground gravy mixture and cook for 2-3 minutes. When it starts coming together it is ready.
- Add crushed fenugreek leaves, garam masala, and cream. Mix it and cook for another 2 minutes. Check the consistency of gravy and add water as desired. Add kofte to the gravy. Taste the gravy and adjust salt and spices if required. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves, a few drops of cream, and Lal mirch wala ghee
- Serve hot with naan, roti, pulav and enjoy this Royal Dish
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