Recipe- Restaurant Style Malai Kofta

Malai Kofta recipe to make this popular restaurant style Indian vegetarian dish. Kofta or deep-fried balls of potato and paneer are served in luscious and creamy curry. Serve these koftas in and creamy white gravy with Naan, paratha or Jeera rice for a delicious meal.

Ingredients

200 grams paneer
200 grams potato boiled
½ teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon coriander powder
⅕ teaspoon cardamom powder
1 teaspoon green chili
1 tablespoon cornflour
½ cup cashews
20 grams flour
Oil to fry kofta balls
150 grams Onion
1 teaspoon green chili
1 Star anise Chakri phool
1- tablespoon ginger
1 cinnamon
1 cardamom
1 bay leaf
2 cups of water
1 tablespoon oil
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoon cream
¼ cup yogurt dahi
1 teaspoon fenugreek dried Kasturi methi

Method

To make Kofta

- Take a large bowl, add grated paneer in it.

- Also, add soft boiled and mashed potatoes.

- Add salt, corriander powder, cardamom powder, green chilli, cornflour to paneer and potato mix.

- Mix all these ingredients together and mash nicely to make mixture of malai kofta.

- Make small dumplings out of it, flatten it with palms of your hand. Place few cashews & raisins for its stuffing and close it make a kofta ball.

- Take some flour in a plate or a bowl and roll these dumplings in the flour to coat them well.

- Now, heat some oil in a pan, and deep fry these small dumplings on a medium heat.

- Once they are golden brown, remove the koftas from hot oil and put them on a paper napkin to absorb excess oil.

To Make Gravy

- Take a saucepan, add sliced onions, green chilis, star anise, ginger, cinnamon, cardamom, bay leaf, cashews and water and boil it for 5-6 minutes on a medium heat.

- After boiling, allow it to cool and then blend it to make gravy. it will give a white creamy gravy.

- Take another pan, heat some oil and add cumin seeds/ jeera.

- Also, now add the paste we made for malai kofta gravy.

- Cook on medium heat for 8-9 minutes till it thickens up.

- Keep stirring in between.

- Add cream and yogurt in it and mix it well and cook for 2-3 minutes while continuously stirring it.

- Season it with salt to taste.

- Also add 1 cup water in it and let it boil for 6-7 minutes. Adjust the consistency of gravy as per your liking by adjusting water quantity

- In the last, add crushed kasuri methi over the gravy and stir it well.

- Now, switch off the flame and pour the gravy on a nice serving plate.

- Add koftas only when you are ready to serve and also pour some gravy over them.

- And, your delicious restaurant style Malai kofta is ready to eat.

- Serve kofta with Naan, roti.