Malai Kofta By silverpearl
by silverpearl
09 May 2007
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Malai Kofta is a main course dish prepared with paneer and malai. A melt in the mouth delicacy. Enjoy with naan or roti
Malai Kofta By silverpearl recipe - How to make Malai Kofta By silverpearl
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For the Kofta:
1 1/2 lb. potatoes
2 tbsp heaped crumbled paneer (cottage cheese)
mava (khoya) and thick cream (You can substitute this with baked ricotta cheese and heavy cream)
4 to 5 cashewnuts (kaju), chopped
1 tbsp raisins (kismis)
2 to 3 green chillies, finely chopped
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp coriander (dhania) powder
1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera) powder
1 tsp chilli powder
1/2 tsp cardamom (elaichi) powder
salt to taste
3 tbsp oil or ghee
oil for frying the koftas
For the gravy:
2 medium sized onions, chopped
3 flakes of garlic (lehsun), crushed
1 " piece of ginger (adrak), crushed
3 large sized tomatoes, pureed
1 tsp chilli powder
1/2 tsp garam masala
1/2 tsp coriander (dhania) powder
1/2 tsp cumin seeds (jeera) powder
2 tsp powdered poppy seeds (khus-khus)
1/2 tsp sugar
1 tbsp powdered peanuts or cashewnuts (kaju)
Method
How to make malai koftha :
How to make malai koftha :
- How to make malai koftha :
- Boil the potatoes till tender.
- Peel, mash and add salt to taste. keep aside.
- Mix all the other ingredients for the kofta into a paste.
- Make rounds of the potato dough and place a little of the prepared mixture in the center of each round.
- Seal the edges and shape into stuffed rounds. deep fry each kofta till golden brown. drain and keep aside.
- Blend together the onions, ginger, garlic and the poppy seeds and fry in 3 tbsp of oil till brown and the oil begins to seperate.
- Add the pureed tomatoes and the masala powders.
- Add the sugar and the ground peanuts, the gravy will begin to thicken.
- You can also add some malai to thicken it some more.
- Mix in some water if necessary.
- When the gravy comes to a boil, add the koftas.
- Heat through and serve the malai kofta.
- Note: in this malai kofta receipe , the koftas should be put in just before eating the dish or else they will turn soggy.
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