Easiest Way to Make Award-winning Vegan Malai Kofta
Mathilda Hernandez 11/06/2020 12:49
Vegan Malai Kofta
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To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have vegan malai kofta using 24 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Vegan Malai Kofta:
Make ready 4-5 Potatoes
Take 1 lb extra firm tofu, firm will do as well
Take 1/2 cup or as needed corn starch
Take 2 tbsp minced cilantro with stems
Prepare 1 inch ginger
Prepare 4 green chilli
Get 1 tbsp lemon juice
Get 1/4 tsp black pepper
Get 1 3/4 tsp salt
Make ready 1 cup frozen green peas
Take oil for frying or baking
Take Curry Tomato Cream Sauce
Make ready 1 large pink onion, coarsely chopped
Make ready 4-5 diced tomatoes
Take 1/4 cup cashews
Make ready 4 cloves garlic, chopped
Make ready 1 " ginger, chopped
Get 1 1/2 tsp garam masala
Prepare 1 tsp ground turmeric
Get 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
Take 1 tsp salt
Get 1 (15 oz) can coconut milk
Get 1 tbsp kasoori methi (dried fenugreek leaves)
Prepare Fresh cilantro, for garnish (optional)
Flavors of India: Malai Kofta (sauce + vegan 'meat'balls) and Gluten-free Naan. Malai kofta recipe - Potato paneer koftas served with a delicious creamy curry. Malai means cream and kofta are fried balls. So malai kofta literally translates to koftas dunked in a creamy sauce.
Steps to make Vegan Malai Kofta:
In a large heavy bottomed pot add the onions, tomatoes, cashews, garlic, ginger, garam masala, turmeric, cayenne, and salt.
Cover the pot and bring it to a simmer over medium heat. Let simmer covered for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Transfer the onion and tomato mixture to a blender and blend until smooth, making sure it's cool down or vent it properly so hot air doesn't build up in the blender.
Pour the creamy mixture back into the pot and add the coconut milk, reserving little back to serve and crush the methi in your fingers and add to the pot. Mix together and cover the pot and set aside until the kofta are ready.
In a large mixing bowl, mash the tofu by squeezing it until it becomes creamy and no chunks remain. The texture required of ricotta. Or you can blend it in food processor until smooth.
Add the mashed potatoes to the mashed tofu along with the corn starch, minced cilantro, lemon juice, ginger chilli paste, black pepper and salt. Mix together and test the consistency by forming a lemon sized ball. It should hold together.
It can stick to your hands a little, but if it is very sticky or too wet and falling apart, you can add a bit more corn starch.
This can vary on the variety of tofu. Mix in the frozen peas. Shape the kofta and deep fry.
To fry the kofta: Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan over medium-low heat. Test the oil temperature with a small piece of the kofta mixture: the oil should bubble around it and the kofta should float to the surface quickly after being dropped in.
Fry the shaped kofta in batches, and fry until the kofta is a beautiful dark golden brown color, flipping halfway through for even cooking. This should take 5-10 minutes, depending on the temperature of your oil.
When the kofta are cooked, transfer to a paper towel lined plate with a wire strainer.
When ready to serve, pour the gravy /sauce over the kofta (only use the amount you will eat in one sitting, as the kofta get soggy once in the sauce), then pour the reserved coconut milk over top the kofta. Garnish with cilantro if desired. Enjoy with Indian flatbread and/or basmati rice.
Malai kofta is a popular as well as most sought after vegetarian Indian dish in restaurants. In this delicious restaurant style malai kofta recipe, the kofta are made with paneer and potatoes. Malai kofta is the vegetarian version of meatballs. It takes time and effort to make, but the work is worth it for the delicious results you get. Kofta are meatballs or dumplings usually made with potatoes, cheese and/or meat.
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