Malai Kofta
Malai Kofta is a North Indian main course dish and people love to eat it with naan or paratha. Whenever I go to restaurant and order malai kofta, I just thinking of making it at home. I tried it from many cookbook and recipe website, every time I got different taste. But with following recipe I got the taste. This recipe is mix and match of few recipes.
Try out and tell me did you got the taste, what you eating at restaurant.
Vipasha
Yields 1
Serves 4
10 minPrep Time
40 minCook Time
50 minTotal Time
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Ingredients
- Paneer - 100 grams
- Cashewnuts (काजू) - ¼ cup
- Melon seeds (मग़ज) - 2 tbsp.
- Poppy seeds (खसखस / पोस्त) - 1 tsp.
- Tomatoes (टमाटर) - 3 medium
- Ginger (अदरक) - 1 tsp.
- Oil - 4 cup
- Green cardamoms (इलायची) - 2
- Green cardamom (इलायची) powder - ¼ tsp.
- Red chilli powder - 1 tsp.
- Garam masala powder - ¼ tsp.
- Fresh cream - 2 tbsp.
- Yogurt (दही) - ¼ cup
- Refined flour (मैदा) - 2 tsp.
- Water - 1 cup
- Salt to taste.
Instructions
- Chop the ginger (अदरक) & tomatoes (टमाटर). Keep aside.
- Shock Cashewnuts (काजू), melon seeds (मग़ज) & poppy seeds (खसखस / पोस्त) in water for 5-10 minutes. After 5-10 minutes remove excess water and keep a side.
- In cooker put Cashewnuts (काजू), melon seeds (मग़ज), poppy seeds (खसखस / पोस्त), tomatoes (टमाटर), ginger (अदरक), green cardamoms (इलायची), red chilli powder, 1 tbsp. oil & salt to taste. Mix well. After that add yogurt (दही) and mix well.
- Now add water and close the cooker with the lid. Cook under pressure till 4 whistles.
- Grate paneer into a bowl and add green cardamom (इलायची) powder, refined flour (मैदा) & salt to 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 (धनिया) leaf. Serve hot.
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