Malai Kofta Recipe is a popular North Indian main course dish, and people love to enjoy it with naan or paratha. Whenever I go to a restaurant and order Malai Kofta, I always think about making it at home.
I tried making it from many cookbooks and recipe websites, but every time I got a different taste. Finally, with the following Recipe, I got the taste I was looking for. This recipe is a mix and match of a few recipes that I tried and loved.
Try this Malai Kofta Recipe and tell me: did you get the same taste you enjoy at a restaurant?
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Malai Kofta
Course: Dinner, Lunch, MainCuisine: Indian4
servings20
minutes50
minutes360
kcal1
hour10
minutesThis Malai Kofta is made up by cottage cheese and all-purpose flour fried ball cooked in fresh cream, nuts and Indian spices gravy. Can have with roti, naan or paratha.
Ingredients
Cottage Cheese (เคชเคจเฅเคฐ ) – 100 grams
All-Purpose Flour (เคฎเฅเคฆเคพ) – 2 tsp.
Green Cardamom (เคเคฒเคพเคฏเคเฅ) Powder – 1/4 tsp.
Tomatoes (เคเคฎเคพเคเคฐ) – 3 medium
Ginger (เค เคฆเคฐเค) – 1 tsp.
Fresh Cream (เคคเคพเคเคพ เคฎเคฒเคพเค) – 2 tbsp.
Curd (เคฆเคนเฅ) – 1/4 cup
Cashewnuts (เคเคพเคเฅ) – 1/4 cup
Melon Seeds (เคฎเฅเค) – 2 tbsp.
Oil (เคคเฅเคฒ) – 4 cup
Water (เคชเคพเคจเฅ) – 1 cup
Salt (เคจเคฎเค) as per taste.
Directions
- Chop the ginger (เค เคฆเคฐเค) & tomatoes (เคเคฎเคพเคเคฐ). Keep aside.
- Shock Cashewnuts (เคเคพเคเฅ), melon seeds (เคฎเฅเค) & poppy seeds (เคเคธเคเคธ / เคชเฅเคธเฅเคค) in water for 5-10 minutes. After 5-10 minutes remove excess water and keep a side.
- In cooker put Cashewnuts (เคเคพเคเฅ), melon seeds (เคฎเฅเค), poppy seeds (เคเคธเคเคธ / เคชเฅเคธเฅเคค), tomatoes (เคเคฎเคพเคเคฐ), ginger (เค เคฆเคฐเค), green cardamoms (เคเคฒเคพเคฏเคเฅ), red chilli powder, 1 tbsp. oil & salt as per taste. Mix well. After that add curd (เคฆเคนเฅ) and mix well.
- Now add water and close the cooker with the lid. Cook under pressure till 4 whistles.
- Grate cottage cheese into a bowl and add green cardamom (เคเคฒเคพเคฏเคเฅ) powder, refined flour (เคฎเฅเคฆเคพ) & salt as per taste and mix well. Make round balls of same size.
- Heat the oil in deep pan, deep fries these round balls until golden. Drain and place on tissue paper.
- Once the pressure reduces from cooker, open the lid and blend the mixture with hand blander.
- Stair the blended mixture and put into a pan and heat it. Now add fresh cream and garam masala. Mix well.
- Arrange the kofta balls in serving bowl and pour the gravy over it. Sprinkle little fresh cream and put one coriander (เคงเคจเคฟเคฏเคพ) leaf. Serve hot.
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