Malai Kofta

Hello Everybody,

Wish you all a very Happy and Prosperous and Blasting New Year. Here you go with the first recipe dat i made at home...

Ingredients:

Gravy:

• 125 gms. cream
• 75 gms. khoya or paneer
• 150 ml. milk
• 50 gms. cashewnuts
• 3 tsp. white pepper powder.
• 2 1/2 tsp. sugar
• 2 tsp. grated ginger
• 1/4 tsp. nutmeg powder
• 1/2 tsp. turmeric powder
• 1 tsp. garlic crushed
• 1" cinnamon
• 6 cloves
• 6 cardamoms
• salt to taste
• 3 tbsp. ghee

Kofta:

• 50 gms. khoya
• 50 gms. paneer
• 5 medium potatoes
• 20 gms. cashewnuts
• 20 gms. raisins
• 4-5 green chillies chopped fine
• 1/2 tsp. ginger grated
• 1 tsp. coriander chopped
• 1/2 tsp. cumin seeds
• salt to taste

Garnish:

• 1 tbsp. grated cheese or paneer
• 1 tbsp. chopped coriander

Preparation:

Koftas:

1. Boil the potatoes, peel and smash them.
2. Mix together all the ingredients except raisins and cashews.
3. Take a ping-pong ball sized dough in hand.
4. Flatten. Place 2-3 cashews and raisins in the centre and shape into a ball.
5. Repeat for remaining dough. Keep aside.

Gravy:

1. Roast the cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg and cloves together.
2. Dry grind and keep aside. Wet grind all the other ingredients, except ghee, to a paste.
3. Heat ghee in a skillet, add powdered spices and fry for 2-3 seconds.
4. Add paste and fry further for 5-7 minutes stirring well.
5. Add 2 cups water and simmer on low for 15 minutes.
6. Warm the koftas either in the oven or on the tava (Optional: You can deep fry the koftas also.)
7. To serve place warm koftas in a casserole.
8. Either pour boiling hot gravy on the koftas or pour and bake in hot oven of 5 minutes.
9. Garnish with grated cheese and chopped coriander.