MALAI KOFTA is a dish that makes the mouth water only after listening to its name. It is the perfect blend of cream and spices. This creamy recipe will make your mouth-watering… Your Mom has made it earlier back then it is always a childhood favorite dish.
Let’s relive those memories again with this creamy recipe.
Preparation Time: 30 Minutes
Cook Time: 15 Minutes
Servings: 4
INGREDIENTS:
FOR KOFTAS:
Boiled Potatoes (Mashed) 1 cup
Coriander Powder 1 Teaspoon
Red Chilli Powder. ½ Teaspoon
Salt To Taste
Cottage Cheese (Paneer) 1 cup
Green Chillies. 2 Finely Chopped
Vegetable Oil To Fry
Corn Flour. ¼ Cup
FOR KOFTA STUFFING:
Dry Fruits (Cashews, Raises). ¼ cup
Coagulated Milk (Mawa). ¼ cup
FOR GRAVY:
Sliced Onions. 1 cup
Ginger Paste. 1 Tablespoon
Chopped Tomatoes. 2 medium
Garlic Paste 1 Tablespoon
Red Chilli Powder ½Teaspoon
Dry Fruits 8-10 Pieces
Salt To Taste
Water 1 cup
Cream ½ cup
Vegetable oil. 5-6 Tablespoons
Butter. 3-4 Tablespoons
Khuskhus. 1 Tablespoon
Method:
For Kofta Stuffing
- Roast mawa in a pan and keep in a bowl.
- Cut the dry fruits in pieces and mix them with the mawa. Keep it aside separately in a bowl.\\
For Kofta
- Take grated vegetables and drain out from the water completely. Grate cottage cheese and boiled potatoes and mash it.
- Now mix potatoes with vegetables and cottage cheese all together in a bowl.
- Now add green chillies, red chilli powder, salt to taste and mix them firmly. Make a firm dough if it is soft add some more paneer. Make small balls from this dough.
- Take all-purpose flour or maintain a plate and cover each ball from it.
- Heat oil in a pan. Deep fry the koftas at medium flame. Fry these balls until it changes into golden in colour. Keep them on the tissue or paper towel to remove the extra oil from the balls.
FOR GRAVY:
- Heat oil in a pan and add chopped onions and saute it well. When it turns pink in colour add tomatoes, ginger, garlic, red chilli powder, salt, some cashews then add water into it and cook for 2 minutes. Then pass it to the blending jar and blend it to form a smooth paste.
- Again heat little oil in a pan. Add butter in it. Then add garam masala, turmeric powder then add that paste in it. Saute it well until it changes into light red in colour. Then add a little bit of sugar for balancing the taste.
- Add 1.5 cup of water into it. Cook it for 5 minutes on medium flame. Reduce the gas to simmer.
- Now the gravy is ready. Add some koftas gently and cook it for 2-3 minutes more.
- Add cream for garnish and hot spices. Turn out the gas.
- Now garnish it with fresh coriander leaves and kasoori methi with salad and serve it with naan or basmati rice to enjoy this deliciously creamy recipe.
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