Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, malai kofta. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Malai Kofta is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. Malai Kofta is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

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 prepare a few ingredients. You can cook malai kofta using 27 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Malai Kofta:

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

Malai = Heavy cream Kofta = meatballs. 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. Malai Kofta is a popular Indian vegetarian side dish made with kofta balls dunked in creamy tomato based gravy.

Instructions 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 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. Vegan malai kofta is a delicious Indian dish. Malai kofta is a delicious and rich main dish.

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