Malai kofta (Restaurant Style)

Name: Malai kofta (Restaurant Style)
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 4 -5 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 tbsp Oil; 1 tbsp butter 🧈; 1 Bayleaf; 1 stick cinnamon; 3 Cloves; 1 Black cardamom; 3 green Cardamom; 1 tsp Caraway seeds (Shahi jeera); 1 cup Onion 🧅 chopped; 1 Green chilli chopped; 1 tbsp Garlic 🧄 chopped; 1/2 tsp Kasuri methi; 1/4 cup Cream; 1 tbsp Ginger 🫚 chopped; 1/3 tsp haldi powder; 1 tbsp Kashmiri red chili 🌶️ Powder; 1 tbsp Coriander powder; 1/2 tbsp Roasted Cumin Powder; 2 cups Tomato chopped; Salt🧂 to taste; handful Cashew nuts; 2-1/2 cups Water; 1 tbsp Sugar; 1 cup grated paneer; 1 cup Potato 🥔 Boiled & grated; 1 tbsp Coriander chopped; 1/2 tbsp Ginger 🫚 chopped; 1 Green chilli chopped; 1 1/2 tbsp Cornflour; Salt 🧂 to taste

Alka Bhandari @alka020567

#CA2025
#malaikofta

Best lunch & dinner recipe. Malai Koftas are melt in the mouth. Malai Kofta is a royal Indian Vegetarian Curry made of melt-in-mouth potato paneer koftas dunked in rich and creamy curry sauce.

#CA2025
#malaikofta

Best lunch & dinner recipe. Malai Koftas are melt in the mouth. Malai Kofta is a royal Indian Vegetarian Curry made of melt-in-mouth potato paneer koftas dunked in rich and creamy curry sauce.

Alka Bhandari @alka020567

#CA2025
#malaikofta

Best lunch & dinner recipe. Malai Koftas are melt in the mouth. Malai Kofta is a royal Indian Vegetarian Curry made of melt-in-mouth potato paneer koftas dunked in rich and creamy curry sauce.

#CA2025
#malaikofta

Best lunch & dinner recipe. Malai Koftas are melt in the mouth. Malai Kofta is a royal Indian Vegetarian Curry made of melt-in-mouth potato paneer koftas dunked in rich and creamy curry sauce.

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Ingredients

1hr

4 -5 people

for curry
1 tbspOil
1 tbspbutter 🧈
1Bayleaf
1 stickcinnamon
3Cloves
1Black cardamom
3green Cardamom
1 tspCaraway seeds (Shahi jeera)
1 cupOnion 🧅 chopped
1Green chilli chopped
1 tbspGarlic 🧄 chopped
1/2 tspKasuri methi
1/4 cupCream
1 tbspGinger 🫚 chopped
1/3 tsphaldi powder
1 tbspKashmiri red chili 🌶️ Powder
1 tbspCoriander powder
1/2 tbspRoasted Cumin Powder
2 cupsTomato chopped
Salt🧂 to taste
handfulCashew nuts
2-1/2 cupsWater
1 tbspSugar
KOFTA~
1 cupgrated paneer
1 cupPotato 🥔 Boiled & grated
1 tbspCoriander chopped
1/2 tbspGinger 🫚 chopped
1Green chilli chopped
1 1/2 tbspCornflour
Salt 🧂 to taste
2 tbspCashewnuts Chopped (optional)
Oil for trying

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Steps

1hr

1

For the Kotta … mash together paneer & boiled potato 🥔
Add chopped coriander, ginger, chopped green chilli, cornflour, salt and chopped cashew nuts.
Mix them well and shape into round / oblong balls
2

Heat oil and deep fry till golden brown on medium flame 🔥 Keep aside
3

For the curry … heat oil & 1 tbsp butter together.
Add black cardamom, cardamom & caraway seeds. Stir for 15 seconds.
Now add chopped onions 🧅 and cook for 5 mins. Add green chilli and sauté. Add chopped garlic 🧄 and ginger 🫚 and cook for another 3 -4 minutes.
Add haldi, chilli powder, coriander powder and cumin powder
Lightly toss and add chopped tomatoes.
4

Now add salt 🧂 & cashew nuts and cook for another 8-10 mins.
Add 2 -1/2 cups of water and cover till tomatoes are mashy.
Now remove from fire and let it cool down
5

In a blender blend it into a fine puree ; Strain the purée for creamy texture and transfer it to a clean pan.
Bring it to a boil and add kasoori methi powder, sugar & salt to taste.; add water if the curry is too thick.
Add cream, stir and remove from fire.
Place the kofta in a bowl and pour the hot curry on top ; garnish with little grated paneer and serve with choice of your bread like tandoori roti / naan / roti etc
6

Note ~ if you don’t want to eat potato 🥔 add Mawa for kofta

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Alka Bhandari @alka020567

on July 01, 2025 04:55

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