Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, malai kofta. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really 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 recent trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. Malai kofta is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have malai kofta using 30 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Malai kofta:
- Take For the gravy
- Prepare 12 medium size tomatoes roughly chopped
- Make ready 5 medium size onions roughly sliced
- Prepare 1 tbsp ginger paste
- Make ready 1 tbsp garlic paste
- Make ready 15 cashew nuts
- Prepare 1 piece cinnamon
- Take 1 tsp cumin
- Prepare 4 tbsp ghee
- Take 1/2 tsp grated garlic
- Get 2 tbsp red chilli powder
- Make ready 1 tbsp dhaniya jeera powder
- Get 1 tsp garam masala
- Prepare 1 tsp kasuri methi
- Prepare 1 tsp kitchen king masala
- Take 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- Take 2 tbsp homemade malai/ fresh cream
- Take 2 tbsp finely chopped coriander
- Take As required Salt
- Take For the kofta
- Get 5 medium boiled potatoes
- Make ready 150 gms malai paneer
- Take 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- Get 1 tsp green chilli paste
- Take 1 tsp amchur powder
- Take 1/2 tsp garam masala powder
- Get As per taste Salt
- Take 1 tbsp cornflour
- Prepare 2 tbsp bread crumbs
- Take Some Oil for frying
Malai stands for cream and Kofta is a fried dumpling of mashed potatoes, paneer (Indian. Malai Kofta is a popular Indian vegetarian side dish made with kofta balls dunked in creamy tomato based gravy. Serve them with Naan bread or homemade flatbread! Vegan malai kofta is a delicious Indian dish.
Steps to make Malai kofta:
- For the gravy, in a pan take 3 tbsp ghee once the ghee becomes hot add cumins, cinnamon and mix well, then add sliced onions and cook the onions for 5-10 minutes till they become translucent. Then add the ginger garlic paste and again cook it for another 10 minutes.
- Now add cashew nuts and tomatoes and mix well and cook it for 10 minutes till the tomatoes become soft. Then add salt, red chilli powder, dhaniya jeera powder, kitchen king masala, garam masala, turmeric powder and mix well, cover and cook for another 5 minutes.
- Switch off the gas and let the mixture cool completely, then add malai/ fresh cream and blend the mixture into a smooth paste, add a little water and keep aside.
- Again take a pan, add 1tbsp ghee once the ghee becomes hot add 1/2tsp red chilli powder and grated garlic cook it for 2 minutes and add the gravy to it, mix well and cook the gravy on a very low flame, add kasuri methi and chopped coriander and cook the gravy for 10-15 minutes on slow flame
- In a mixing bowl take boiled potatoes, add paneer and mash it together, then add salt, amchur powder, garam masala powder, ginger garlic paste, green chilli paste, cornflour and mix well and make koftas out of it, then roll the koftas in bread crumbs and deep fry them on high flame till golden brown.
- In a serving bowl place koftas, pour gravy over them, garnish with fresh cream and coriander and serve hot with chapati or rice.
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 - deep-fried paneer and potato balls, dunked in a creamy-smooth onion tomato based gravy! Once you taste this curry you will make it again. this recipe post of malai kofta recipe, i have used the aloo anyway, before wrapping up the recipe, i would like to include some tips, suggestions and variation to malai kofta recipe. firstly, i would heavily. Malai kofta is a delicious and rich main dish.
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