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Easiest Way to Prepare Super Quick Homemade Malai kofta

date: 2020-08-02T14:11:38.429Z
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author: Luis Reyes
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recipeingredient:
- "3 potatoes boiled mashed" - "130 gm paneer" - "2 tsp Red chilli powder" - "1 tsp haldi turmeric powder" - "1 tsp Salt" - "1 tsp Coriander powder" - "As needed Oil to fry" - "1 tsp Kasuri methi" - "1 tsp Garam masala" - "1/4 cup kajucashew" - "2 tbsp Poppy seeds" - "As needed Water" - "3 Onion large chopped" - "2 Tomatoes chopped" - "2 Green chillies" - "2 tsp Ginger garlic paste" - "1 Bay leaf" - "1/2 tsp cuminjeera seeds" - "2 Cardamom" - "2 Cloves" - "1/2 cinnamon stick" - "1/4 cup Raisins" - "1/4 cup Cornflour"
recipeinstructions:
- "Heat a pot/pan on medium heat. Once hot, add 1 tablespoon oil and then add the bay leaf, cinnamon, green cardamom, cloves and shahi jeera." - "Let the spices sizzle for few seconds and then add the chopped garlic, ginger, green chili and onion" - "Then add the tomatoes along with cashews." - "Add 2 cups water and stir." - "Cover the pot with a lid and cook for around 10 to 12 minutes until tomatoes soften." - "Let it cool down down a bit (around 15 minutes, if you blend it while it’s hot it might blow off from the blender), then discard the bay leaf and transfer mixture to a blender." - "Use a strainer and strain the puree into another bowl. This makes sure the gravy is really smooth." - "Put the same pan on medium heat again. Once hot, add 2 tablespoons unsalted butter and 1 teaspoon oil. Let the butter melt." - "Add in the pureed gravy and cook for 2 minutes. Then add the coriander powder, kashmiri red chili powder, salt, sugar and garam masala. Let the curry cook for 2 to 3 minutes." - "Add crushed kasuri methi and then cream. Cook for additional 2 to 3 minutes on medium-low heat. Sprinkle some cardamom powder on top. The gravy is now done. Set aside and make kofta" - "To make kofta;" - "Boil the potatoes using a pressure cooker, 8-9 whistles on a stove-top pressure cooker. You can do this on the side while making the gravy. Once the potatoes are boiled, let them cool a bit then peel and mash them." - "To a large bowl, now add all ingredients for kofta- boiled and mashed potatoes, grated paneer, finely chopped ginger, cilantro, green chili, cashews, raisins, cornstarch, salt, white pepper powder and 1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder." - "Mix everything together with your hands to form a dough. Start making koftas from the dough. Take some part of the dough and roll between your palms to make it round." - "Start making koftas from the dough. Take some part of the dough and roll between your palms to make it round." - "Similarly makes all the koftas. I made 9 koftas, each around 40 to 42 grams. Heat enough oil to fry in a kadai on medium-high heat. Make sure oil is hot, else koftas can stick to the pan and also disintegrate in the oil. Drop koftas in hot oil." - "Fry until golden brown from both sides. You can also shallow fry them, just press the koftas and flatten them like a burger tikki and shallow fry. Remove the fried koftas on a paper towel." - "To serve place koftas on plate and top with the gravy. Garnish with cream and cilantro. Or you can also place the gravy first on the serving plate, drizzle with cream and place koftas on top. If you like melt in mouth soft koftas, it’s also a good idea to let the koftas simmer in the gravy for 2 minutes before serving. If you prefer the koftas to be on the crispier side, then add gravy on top only before serving."
categories:
- Recipe
tags:
- malai - kofta
katakunci: malai kofta
nutrition: 248 calories
recipecuisine: American
preptime: "PT37M"
cooktime: "PT43M"
recipeyield: "3"
recipecategory: Lunch

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Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, malai kofta. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I'm gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Malai kofta is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It's appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it's quick, it tastes yummy. They're nice and they look wonderful. Malai kofta is something which I've loved my whole life.

Malai kofta is a hugely popular dish on Indian restaurant menus all over the world. It is a special occasion food probably because making it is a labor of love and takes time and effort. Malai (meaning creamy in Hindi) kofta is the perfect vegetarian alternative to meatballs. It goes very well with naan (tandoor-baked flatbread) or Jeera rice.


To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook malai kofta using 23 ingredients and 18 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.



##### The ingredients needed to make Malai kofta:

1. Get 3 potatoes boiled mashed 1. Take 130 gm paneer 1. Get 2 tsp Red chilli powder 1. Prepare 1 tsp haldi (turmeric powder) 1. Prepare 1 tsp Salt 1. Make ready 1 tsp Coriander powder 1. Take As needed Oil to fry 1. Prepare 1 tsp Kasuri methi 1. Make ready 1 tsp Garam masala 1. Take 1/4 cup kaju(cashew) 1. Make ready 2 tbsp Poppy seeds 1. Make ready As needed Water 1. Take 3 Onion large chopped 1. Take 2 Tomatoes chopped 1. Make ready 2 Green chillies 1. Make ready 2 tsp Ginger garlic paste 1. Take 1 Bay leaf 1. Take 1/2 tsp cumin/jeera seeds 1. Take 2 Cardamom 1. Prepare 2 Cloves 1. Take 1/2 cinnamon stick 1. Make ready 1/4 cup Raisins 1. Take 1/4 cup Cornflour

Roll each kofta in flour, dip in the beaten egg, then roll in the breadcrumbs. Fry the koftas in batches for a few mins until golden, then set aside on kitchen paper. Other popular paneer recipes that you will find in every Indian restaurant's menu paneer tikka paneer butter masala palak paneer kadai paneer tawa paneer shahi paneer. How to prepare malai kofta curry for party?



##### Steps to make Malai kofta:

1. Heat a pot/pan on medium heat. Once hot, add 1 tablespoon oil and then add the bay leaf, cinnamon, green cardamom, cloves and shahi jeera. 1. Let the spices sizzle for few seconds and then add the chopped garlic, ginger, green chili and onion 1. Then add the tomatoes along with cashews. 1. Add 2 cups water and stir. 1. Cover the pot with a lid and cook for around 10 to 12 minutes until tomatoes soften. 1. Let it cool down down a bit (around 15 minutes, if you blend it while it’s hot it might blow off from the blender), then discard the bay leaf and transfer mixture to a blender. 1. Use a strainer and strain the puree into another bowl. This makes sure the gravy is really smooth. 1. Put the same pan on medium heat again. Once hot, add 2 tablespoons unsalted butter and 1 teaspoon oil. Let the butter melt. 1. Add in the pureed gravy and cook for 2 minutes. - - Then add the coriander powder, kashmiri red chili powder, salt, sugar and garam masala. - - Let the curry cook for 2 to 3 minutes. 1. Add crushed kasuri methi and then cream. - Cook for additional 2 to 3 minutes on medium-low heat. Sprinkle some cardamom powder on top. The gravy is now done. Set aside and make kofta 1. To make kofta; 1. Boil the potatoes using a pressure cooker, 8-9 whistles on a stove-top pressure cooker. You can do this on the side while making the gravy. - - Once the potatoes are boiled, let them cool a bit then peel and mash them. 1. To a large bowl, now add all ingredients for kofta- boiled and mashed potatoes, grated paneer, finely chopped ginger, cilantro, green chili, cashews, raisins, cornstarch, salt, white pepper powder and 1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder. 1. Mix everything together with your hands to form a dough. - Start making koftas from the dough. Take some part of the dough and roll between your palms to make it round. 1. Start making koftas from the dough. Take some part of the dough and roll between your palms to make it round. 1. Similarly makes all the koftas. I made 9 koftas, each around 40 to 42 grams. - - Heat enough oil to fry in a kadai on medium-high heat. Make sure oil is hot, else koftas can stick to the pan and also disintegrate in the oil. - - Drop koftas in hot oil. 1. Fry until golden brown from both sides. You can also shallow fry them, just press the koftas and flatten them like a burger tikki and shallow fry. - Remove the fried koftas on a paper towel. 1. To serve place koftas on plate and top with the gravy. Garnish with cream and cilantro. Or you can also place the gravy first on the serving plate, drizzle with cream and place koftas on top. - - If you like melt in mouth soft koftas, it’s also a good idea to let the koftas simmer in the gravy for 2 minutes before serving. - - If you prefer the koftas to be on the crispier side, then add gravy on top only before serving.

Other popular paneer recipes that you will find in every Indian restaurant's menu paneer tikka paneer butter masala palak paneer kadai paneer tawa paneer shahi paneer. How to prepare malai kofta curry for party? Make gravy ahead of time (same day or a day before). If made a day or two before then store in airtight container in the. Malai kofta is a popular as well as most sought after vegetarian Indian dish in restaurants.

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