Cottage cheese or fresh chhana kofta curry

Name: Cottage cheese or fresh chhana kofta curry
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 3 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 300 gm Fresh cottage cheese or chhana; 1 tbsp All purpose flour or maida; 2 tsp Cumin powder; 1 tsp Coriander powder; 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder; 1 tsp Kashmiri red chilli powder; 1 1/2 inch Ginger; 2 Green chilli; 1/2 cup Tomato; 6-7 pcs Cashew nuts; 1 tbsp Melon seeds; as needed Few raisins; 2 pc Green cardamom; 2 Cloves; 1 Bay leaf; 1 Cinnamon stick; 1/2 tsp Garam masala powder; 1/2 tsp Ghee or clarified butter; 1 cup White oil; 2 tsp Sugar; to taste Salt

Ankita Basu Saha @ankitab123

Toronto

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Ankita Basu Saha @ankitab123

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Ingredients

40 mins.

3 people

300 gmFresh cottage cheese or chhana
1 tbspAll purpose flour or maida
2 tspCumin powder
1 tspCoriander powder
1/2 tspTurmeric powder
1 tspKashmiri red chilli powder
1 1/2 inchGinger
2Green chilli
1/2 cupTomato
6-7 pcsCashew nuts
1 tbspMelon seeds
as neededFew raisins
2 pcGreen cardamom
2 Cloves
1Bay leaf
1Cinnamon stick
1/2 tspGaram masala powder
1/2 tspGhee or clarified butter
1 cupWhite oil
2 tspSugar
to tasteSalt

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Steps

40 mins.

1

At first make a paste with ginger, tomato and green chilli. Make another paste with melon seeds and cashew nuts.
2

Make fresh chhana from milk and keep the chhana water aside for curry. Now take fresh chhana and put maida, cumin powder, salt and sugar. Mixed it well. Now smooth the chhana with palm very nicely. Smooth it for 7-8 mins.
3

Now make medium sized balls from chhana and put 2 raisins into it. Heat the oil and fry all balls in the heated oil. Do not overcrowd the pan.
4

When it will golden brown in colour, take it out from oil and soak the extra oil on paper towel or napkin.
5

Now prepare the gravy. Heat some oil and put all whole garam masala into it. After crackling garam masala, put ginger-chilli paste and mixed it well. After 2-3 mins add cumin powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, kashmiri red chilli powder, salt and sugar. Mixed it all together.
6

After 3-4 mins add cashew-melon seeds paste and mixed it well. Cook it until oil is oozes out.
7

When oil is getting separated add fresh chhana water or normal water. Cook it for 5-6 mins. Now put the balls into gravy and cook it for 7-8 mins. Do not cover with lid.
8

Add garam masala powder, ghee and cook it for 2 mins. Fresh Chhana Kofta is ready to be served. Served with puri, roti or naan.