"Malai Kofta"

"Malai Kofta"

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About this Foodie!

"Malai Kofta", is special dish originated in Middle Eastern countries and widespread across the world eventually this dish is made with vegetables with the touch of Indian spices here,which gives us a replacement for meatballs type of dish specially for vegetarians. Its aroma and thick consistency will really shoot up our taste buds.Here sweet potato is used as main ingredient than our regular potato for better health point of view.

Best side dish with parathas, naan and even with jeera rice.

"Malai Kofta"

Recipe

Ingredients for Kofta

1. Sweet Potato and carrots  - 1 cup each

2. Grated Paneer - 1 cup

3. Coriander powder - 2 tblspn

4. Red chilly powder - 1 tsp or to your taste

5. Cumin powder - 1 tsp

6. Chopped coriander - 1 tblspn

7. Chopped green chillies - 1 tblspn or to your taste

8. Salt - To taste

9. Corn flour or Maida - 1 to 2 cups just for binding koftas

10. Cashew nuts , pista or any nuts of your taste - 1/2  cup chopped

11. Oil - To brush

Method for Kofta

1. Boil the carrots and potatoes  smash them well and mix together and completly drain the excess water if any using a neat thin cloth or strainer and keep it aside.

2. Now in a bowl add grated paneer, boiled vegetables, coriander powder, cumin powder, red chilly powder , chopped green chillies , chopped coriander leaves, salt , nuts and nicely mix them all and shape it to small balls(Koftas) and brush with little oil on the surface of  balls made and roll in corn flour for final binding and keep it ready to fry. 

3. Fry in Oven: In an oven set temperature to 450 deg centigrade and cook the ball sized koftas for 30 mins and keep it ready.

 (OR)

4. Fry in Oil: Take pan add 1/4 ltr cooking oil and golden fry the balls and keep it ready.

"Kofta - Oven Made"

Ingredients for Gravy :

1. Big onions - 2 nos

2. Tomatoes - 2 nos 

3. Ginger garlic paste - 2 tblspn

4. Cumin seeds powder - 1 tsp

5. Black jeera  - 1 tsp

6. Cashew nut powder - 1/2 cup

7. Cream - 1/2 cup

8. Coriander powder - 2 tblspn 

9. Red chilly powder - 1 tsp or to your taste 

9. Chopped coriander - 1/2 cup

10. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

11.  Salt - To taste

12. Grated paneer - 1/4 cup

13. Oil - To Fry

Method for Gravy

1. Take a frying pan and add some oil and add chopped onions and fry till it becomes golden brown color and then add ginger garlic paste and cook till raw smell goes off , then add turmeric powder , chopped tomatoes , coriander powder , cumin powder , red chilly powder and cook for 2 mins and some water if your gravy is little dry and cook till contents become tender and allow them to cool little bit and using a blender make them into a smooth paste and keep it aside.

2. Now in a frying pan add some oil and add black jeera and wait till it crackles and then pour the blended smooth paste of gravy to the pan and add some water and cook till it gets bubbles(in Tamil:Kothikavaipathu)

and then add cream and cook for sometime and add cashew nut powder and cook for 2 mins and finally and gently add the fried koftas to this gravy and finish your cooking.

  Happy Foodie!!!