Paneer Malai Kofta Curry
Paneer Malai Kofta curry is a creamy rich dish with mild aromatic sauce and fried paneer/cottage cheese dumplings. The sauce consists of cashew paste and cream..This goes well with rotis or naan.
Recipe inspiration: Chef Harpal Singh
Ingredients
1)For the Kofta balls
Grated Paneer- 200 gram
Boiled potato- one small
Green chilly finely chopped-2
Khoya - 1/3 cup
Cardamon powder- 1/3 tsp
Garam masala- 1/3 tsp
Corn starch- 2 tbs
Salt to taste
Oil for frying the koftas
2)For the sauce
Onion- 1 medium
Ginger Garlic paste- 1 1/2 tsp
Green chilly- 4
Cashewnut - 1/3 cup
Cream- 1/3 cup
Whole spices- cardamon 2, clove-3, cinnamon- 1 stick
Bay leaf-1
To make the kofta ball grate paneer and boiled potatoes. Add all the rest of the ingredients listed under one except corn starch and oil. Press and make into a smooth dough like mixture. Make small balls, roll in corn starch and fry in medium low flames. Fry till the ball become light golden brown color.
To make the sauce
Soak cashew-nuts in hot water for half an hour and grind into a smooth paste.
Make a paste of the onion ( use white onion for better results)
Heat oil in a pan and add the whole spices and saute till there is a nice aroma. Add onion and green chilly and fry till onion is soft and changes color. Add ginger garlic paste and saute till the raw flavor disappears.Now add the the cashew nut paste and continue to stir for about 5 to 7 minutes till oil starts separating and mixture becomes one mass. Add one cup of water and bring to a boil. Add cream and simmer and finally salt and the kofta balls and switch off the flame. Serve with naan or chapatis..
Try this..
Hope you will all enjoy..
very creamy and lovely kofta curry
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Rich and delicious looking kofta balls and very creamy sauce dear...
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rich creamy curry with kofta is super .
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ReplyDeleteDeliciously thick and yummy looking kofta curry. Would surely try this weekend.
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Delicious creamy curry Suja, Love to try them with roti.
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Luks so delicious...Luv the koftas..Ur pics made me to drool
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WOW...looks so delicious...
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ReplyDeleteCreamy and delicious paneer kofta curry...
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ReplyDeleteSuja, this looks extremely delicious..rich, buttery koftas.
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always things of making the koftha..but me very lazy..he heh e ...
ReplyDeleteDelicious creamy kofta curry,looks so yummy.
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ReplyDeleteWOW Suja.. Looks so creamy and rich :)
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This is the first time I am visiting your space..awesome blog! Paneer kofta looks very delectable and tempting!
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