Malai kofta recipe ( Malai kofta curry )
Malai kofta recipe is one of the delicious vegetarian curry recipes in India where crispy fried paneer kofta ball served with creamy, rich tomato-onion gravy.
Ingredients
Malai Kofta Ingredients
- 250 grams paneer [scrambled]
- 5 boil potatoes [mashed]
- 4 to 5 tbsp cornflour [adjust as per moisture]
- 150 grams chopped onions
- 3 tbsp freshly chopped coriander leaves
- 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- Salt to taste
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 2 tsp kashmiri red chili powder
- 1 tsp roasted cumin powder
- 1 tsp garam masala powder
- 12 to 15 raisins [chopped]
- 500 ml oil to fry kofta
- 2 kitchen tissue to drain excess oil
Ingredients For Malai Kofta Curry
- 4 tbsp butter
- 1 small bay leaf
- 1- inch cinnamon
- 4 green cardamom
- 4 clove
- 1 tsp cumin seed
- 4 medium-size onion paste
- 5 medium-size tomato puree
- 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- 2 to 3 green chili [chopped]
- 1 tsp red chili powder
- 1 tsp garam masala powder
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- salt to taste
- 2 tsp sugar [optional]
- Water to boil
- 2 tsp Kasuri methi
- 3 tbsp cream
Instructions
- how to make malai kofta curry
- At first, making paneer kofta, boil 4 to 5 medium size potatoes, peel and mash them.
- Now in a mixing bowl add mashed potatoes, scrambled paneer, a few tablespoons of cornflour, salt, and freshly chopped coriander leaves.
- Also add a tablespoon of ginger garlic paste, a quick mix of everything.
- Furthermore sprinkle some powder spices including Kashmiri red chili powder,garam masala powder, roasted powder, turmeric powder,salt.
- Add a few tablespoons of raisin, and now knead the dough until getting nonsticky dough.
- Finally, apply oil to the palm, pick a small amount of kofta mixture in between the palm and make a laddu shape from it,
- Then, keep them on a separate plate for later usage.
- Now for frying paneer kofta heat oil in a Kadai on medium, additionally sprinkle a pinch of salt in the oil, which prevents any stickiness of kofta at the bottom of the pan.
- When the oil is hot enough add kofta ball, fry them in medium to low flame until they become crisp and golden brown on both sides,
- Then immediately take them out from the oil and place them on kitchen tissue to remove excess oil from it.
- Now for making malai kofta curry, melt butter on a medium to low flame.
- Saute whole spices including bay-leaf, a teaspoon of cumin seed, green cardamom, and cloves and sauté them for 1 min in medium to low flame.
- Next saute a few teaspoons of ginger garlic paste, and onion puree until the onion becomes slightly golden brown.
- Furthermore pour tomato puree and cook on a medium flame for 3 to 4 min.
- Sprinkle a few teaspoons of kashmiri red chili powder,garam masala powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, and a pinch of salt.
- Saute all the spices together until the gravy becomes thick and starts leaving the side of the pan.
- Now pour water cover the pan and simmer this malai kofta curry for some time.
- At the end sprinkle crushed Kasuri methi, freshly chopped coriander leaves, and a few tablespoons of cream to make this gravy thicker and rich.
- Finally our malai kofta recipe is complete serve this warm by placing crispy kofta on top of the curry, and garnish with fresh coriander leaves or cream.
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Notes
Malai Kofta Recipe Note
- In stuffing I add only a few tablespoon of raisin, you can also add cashew nut with it to make kofta.
- You can adjust gravy consistency by pouring more or less water.It tastes good if you make medium thick consistency of malai curry.
Nutrition
Serving: 4g | Calories: 2451kcal | Carbohydrates: 241g | Protein: 33g | Fat: 164g | Saturated Fat: 28g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 125g | Trans Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 92mg | Sodium: 1298mg | Fiber: 23g | Sugar: 125g