How to Cook Tasty Malai Kofta

Malai Kofta. Malai kofta recipe - Potato paneer koftas served with a delicious creamy curry. Originally, the term kofta refers to meatballs. In India, the vegetarian version of koftas are quite popular.

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. You can have Malai Kofta using 27 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Malai Kofta

1. It's of For malai kofta.
2. Prepare 1 cup of paneer crumbled (about 150 grams).
3. Prepare 1 cup of potato boiled & mashed (about 2 large).
4. Prepare 2 1/2 tablespoon of corn flour (corn starch.
5. It's as needed of Salt.
6. It's 1/2-3/4 teaspoon of Garam masala.
7. It's 1 tablespoon of cashews chopped (optional).
8. Prepare 1 tablespoon of raisins (optional).
9. You need as needed of Oil for deep frying.
10. Prepare of ingredients for gravy.
11. You need 1 cup of onions cubed.
12. It's 1 1/2 cup of tomatoes cubed.
13. It's 8-10 of cashew nuts.
14. Prepare 1 inch of cinnamon stick or dalchini.
15. It's 4 of Cloves/laung.
16. It's 6 of green cardamoms or elaichi.
17. It's of Others.
18. You need 2 tablespoons of oil/ghee.
19. It's 1 tablespoon of Ginger-garlic paste.
20. It's 1 teaspoon of red chilli powder (use as needed).
21. You need 1 teaspoon of Garam masala.
22. Prepare 1 teaspoon of coriander powder.
23. Prepare as needed of Salt.
24. You need to taste of sugar.
25. Prepare 1/2 cup of water.
26. It's 1/2-3/4 teaspoon of kasuri methi or fenugreek leaves.
27. Prepare 3-4 tablespoons of cream.

Mughalai version: It has mild, slightly sweet, aromatic white gravy. This restaurant style malai kofta is a rich dish. So it is made on special occasions or for special guests. Malai kofta recipe is one of the popular paneer recipes.

Malai Kofta step by step

1. Heat 1 tbsp oil/ghee in a pan. Add cardamoms, cloves, cashews and onions.  Saute until onions turn transparent or golden. Next add tomatoes & saute until they turn soft and mushy. or You can also pour half cup water & boil all the ingredients until soft.Turn off the stove and cool completely. Blend this to a smooth puree..
2. To make malai kofta, boil potatoes until just done and not mushy. Crumble them and add to a mixing bowl along with crumbled paneer, corn flour, salt, and chopped coriander leaves.Also add raisins and cashews. Or you can stuff them in the koftas.Mix everything well and divide the dough to 8 equal parts. Roll them to balls.Heat oil in a kadai for deep frying. Check if the oil is hot enough by sliding in a small portion of the malai kofta mixture. It has to rise without.
3. Heat a pan with oil. Add bay leaf cardamoms. Saute for a minute.Add ginger garlic paste and saute on a low heat till the raw smell goes away. This takes about 2 to 3 mins.Quickly stir in chilli powder, garam masala, salt and sugar.
 Pour the onion tomato puree. Mix it well.
 Saute for 3 to 4 mins for the raw smell of chilli powder to go away. Cook covered until the mixture thickens for about 3 to 5 mins.  Pour water to make a gravy. Cook covered until.

Malai Kofta is a very popular Indian vegetarian dish where balls (kofta) made of potato and paneer are deep fried and served with a creamy and spiced tomato based curry. The literal translation of this dish is malai=creamy/buttery and kofta=spiced balls (in this case made of potatoes and paneer). malai kofta recipe Malai Kofta is a super popular Punjabi curry. Deep fried koftas ( made from paneer, potatoes and carrots) are cooked in a rich malai kofta gravy. We show you how to make the koftas for malai kofta and the gravy for malai kofta in detailed step by step photos.