Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Malai kofta Indian recipe with a twist

Malai Kofta with a twist - This is a sophisticated indian recipe curry , very creamy rich curry dish fit for a king, to be served with rotis
Malai Kofta with a twist

 Paste 1
Boil 1/2 white onion 1 Ripe tomato - in warm water for about 10 minutes
Paste 2 :Boil 20 cashews in warm water until the cashews start floating on top to make the cashew paste
Paste 3 :Ginger garlic paste from ginger 1/2 inch and garlic 3 cloves
Paste 1 to the right : Boiled onion and tomatoes ground well into a paste forms a base for the malai kofta  Paste 2 ; Ginger garlic paste  Paste 3 : Cashew nut paste





To make the koftas :
 Mix 1 shredded carrots along with same amount of Khoya or paneer ( indian cheese)  available in indian stores along with 1 dried fig with 1 tsp of chaat masala 1 tsp of rice flour and cilantro salt to taste and 1 green chillies sliced into small pieces. Mix them well with the palms and make them into small balls and deep fry them in hot oil. Let them cool down.

Kofta balls ready to be fried
Ready to be fried Kofta in Hot oil.
Fried Kofta removed from oil Let them cool down.

In a medium sauce pan add 2 tsp of butter or olive oil add whole spices cloves cinnamon and cardamom
now add the ground onion tomato paste let them cook well , add 1/2 tsp of coriander powder   a pinch of chaat masala along with kasoori methi a pinch.
let the base cook for about 12 minutes in a medium flame
Cook the masala well with ginger garlic paste until the oil separates like the above picture.

Add the cashew nut paste and cook them well make sure the masala is well cooked and sticks to the spoon and rolls , Now add water the masala to the required consistency, add salt to taste, check for the spice level you can add slit green chillies if you need more heat.


Add 10 tsp of cream along with 1 tsp of butter to the gravy check for salt to taste , turn off the stove and close the lid.


 


Before you serve place the kofta ball in the dish you are going to serve and pour the gravy on top. Enjoy the dish with Rotis



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