Malai Kofta is cottage cheese dumplings, mixed with few herbs and spices, deep fried and made in rich onion, tomato and cashew gravy. This is a typical North Indian cuisine originated from mughlai cuisine. This goes well with roti, rice, nan, paratha's or even breads. North Indian veg food is all about milk, cream, cheese and clarified butter. Very rich and healthy.
To make 10-12 kofta's
Ingredients:
1) Fresh panner - cottage cheese made from 1 liter milk at home ( boil milk and squeeze 1 lemon to get panner, hang it in a muslin cloth to remove all the water)
2) Onions - 2 - Large - Grated
3) Tomatoes - 2 - Large - Grated
3) Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbs
4) Salt - To taste
5) Cashew - 12-15 - grind to make a paste
6) Chilli powder - 1 tbs
7) Turmeric powder - 1 tbs
8) Coriander powder - 1 tbs
9) Fresh coriander - for garnishing
10) Khada garam masala - 1 badi ilaychi , little jeera , 2-3 cloves
11) Green chilli -2- fine chopped
12) All purpose flour - 1 tbs
13) Corn Flour - to roll kofta's and then deep fry
Method:
1) In a large bowl mix paneer, 1 tbs maida, green chillies ( I have used red) , salt and fresh coriander. Mix till it becomes smooth to make balls. Roll balls in the corn flour powder and deep fry.
2) The kofta balls are ready now we have to make the gravy. In a big pan or a kadhai, add 2 big spoon of oil. Till the time you make the gravy, dip the kofta's into the lukewarm water to make them soft.
3) Now add the whole garam masala like badi ilayachi, cloves and jeera. Cook for 20 sec.
4) Now add grated onions and again cook till it becomes brown.
5) Add ginger garlic paste, all the dry masala and in the end grated tomatoes. Pls remember this squence. This is very important otherwise the masala is not cooked properly and the raw flavor remains which we dont want. Cook the masala till the oil separates. You can see the oil is separated from the masala.
6) After this add cashews paste and 2 cups water. Let it boil and add kofta's.
7) Garnish with coriander and clarified butter. Serve hot.
8) To enhance the taste further, garnish with the garam masala. But make sure to use the home made garam masala. Check out the garam masala recipe on my blog itself. Click here to read the Garam Masala recipe.
To make 10-12 kofta's
Ingredients:
1) Fresh panner - cottage cheese made from 1 liter milk at home ( boil milk and squeeze 1 lemon to get panner, hang it in a muslin cloth to remove all the water)
2) Onions - 2 - Large - Grated
3) Tomatoes - 2 - Large - Grated
3) Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbs
4) Salt - To taste
5) Cashew - 12-15 - grind to make a paste
6) Chilli powder - 1 tbs
7) Turmeric powder - 1 tbs
8) Coriander powder - 1 tbs
9) Fresh coriander - for garnishing
10) Khada garam masala - 1 badi ilaychi , little jeera , 2-3 cloves
11) Green chilli -2- fine chopped
12) All purpose flour - 1 tbs
13) Corn Flour - to roll kofta's and then deep fry
Method:
1) In a large bowl mix paneer, 1 tbs maida, green chillies ( I have used red) , salt and fresh coriander. Mix till it becomes smooth to make balls. Roll balls in the corn flour powder and deep fry.
2) The kofta balls are ready now we have to make the gravy. In a big pan or a kadhai, add 2 big spoon of oil. Till the time you make the gravy, dip the kofta's into the lukewarm water to make them soft.
3) Now add the whole garam masala like badi ilayachi, cloves and jeera. Cook for 20 sec.
4) Now add grated onions and again cook till it becomes brown.
5) Add ginger garlic paste, all the dry masala and in the end grated tomatoes. Pls remember this squence. This is very important otherwise the masala is not cooked properly and the raw flavor remains which we dont want. Cook the masala till the oil separates. You can see the oil is separated from the masala.
6) After this add cashews paste and 2 cups water. Let it boil and add kofta's.
7) Garnish with coriander and clarified butter. Serve hot.
8) To enhance the taste further, garnish with the garam masala. But make sure to use the home made garam masala. Check out the garam masala recipe on my blog itself. Click here to read the Garam Masala recipe.
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