Malai Kofta. Malai Kofta

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

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