Full Written recipe for Malai kofta

Prep time: 15-20 minutes
Cooking time: 25-30 minutes
Serves: 4-5 people

Kofta balls
Ingredients:
• Paneer 300 gm
• Soft fresh mawa 100 gm
• Salt to taste
• A pinch of elaichi (green cardamom) powder
• Refined flour 3 tbsp
• Baking powder 1/4th tsp
For filling:
• Saffron 8-10 strands
• Luke warm milk 1 tbsp
• Ghee 1 tsp
• Cashew nuts 1/4th cup (roughly chopped)
• Almonds 1/4th cup (roughly chopped)
• Ginger 1 tsp
• Green chillies 1 no. (chopped)
• Kasuri methi a pinch
• Garam masala a pinch
• Sugar a pinch
• Salt to taste
• White pepper powder a pinch
• Oil for deep frying the koftas
Method:
• Start by first wrapping a paper towel around the paneer to absorb excess moisture, further grate the paneer and mawa and cream them well, use the base of your palm, to cream them.
• Add salt, cardamom powder & maida, make sure to add maida in batches and mix well until a dough like consistency is formed, keep mixing until the mixture starts to leave the thal and it has formed like a dough.
• Further add baking powder & mix well, cover the mixture and make the filling by the time.
• For making the filling, start by first mixing saffron strands in warm milk, allow the saffron to bloom.
• Further, set a pan on medium heat, add the nuts and briefly roast them, remove them and add in a mixing bowl, further add ginger, green chillies, kasuri methi, garam masala, sugar salt & white pepper powder, along with this add 3-4 tbsp of mawa & paneer mixture, mix them well and your nuts filling is ready.
• Now for making the koftas, take a spoonful of paneer & mawa mixture, shape them in lemon size balls, flatten them and further shape like a bowl, add sufficient amount of nuts filling and bring the ends together to seal them, shape them in balls and keep aside.
• Set oil in wok on medium, drop the shaped kofta balls in hot oil and fry them on low heat, until they are golden brown in colour, stir them gently while frying to get an even colour.
• Remove them on sieve or a paper towel and keep them aside to be served with the gravy.

For gravy
Ingredients:
• Onions 4-5 medium sized
• Cashew nuts 1 cup
• Melon seeds ½ cup
• Oil 1 tsp + Ghee 1 tbsp
• Cumin seeds 1 tsp
• Green cardamom 2-3 pods
• Black cardamom 1 no.
• Cinnamon 1 inch stick
• Bay leaf 2-3 nos.
• Cloves 2-3 nos.
• Black peppercorns ½ tsp
• Star anise 1 no.
• Mace 1 no.
• Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp
• Green chillies 2 nos. (slit)
• Cardamom powder a pinch
• Cheeni sugar 1 tsp
• White pepper powder a pinch
• Salt to taste
• Kasuri methi a pinch
• Garam masala a pinch
• Kewda water ½ tsp.
• Sugar a pinch
• Fresh cream 3 tbsp
• Butter 1 tbsp
• Chilli oil (for garnish)
• Kasuri methi (for garnish)
Method:
• Cut onions in petals and add them in a stock pot along with cashew nuts and melon seeds, cover them with enough water, switch on the flame and bring to a boil.
• Stir & remove the scum formed on the top, boil for at least 7-8 minutes, after boiling, remove & cool down to room temperature. Further transfer in a grinding jar and make fine puree, keep it aside to be used later.
• Set a wok or pan on medium heat, add oil & ghee and all the whole spices, stir & cook on medium flame for 1-2 minutes.
• Further add ginger garlic paste and stir & cook on medium flame for 1-2 minutes.
• Further, add the prepared onion cashew and melon puree, stir & cook on medium flame for 2-3 minutes.
• Now add, green chillies, elaichi powder, sugar, safed mirch & salt, mix well and add hot water, cook on medium flame for 10-15 minutes while stirring in intervals, adjust the consistency of the gravy by adding hot water. You can check for the perfect consistency by dipping a spatula, it should coat well.
• Further add kasuri methi, garam masala and kewda water, stir & cook the gravy for 1-2 minutes.
• Now take a bowl and a sieve, and strain this gravy, use a spatula or a spoon while straining to avoid any wastage.
• Transfer the strained gravy back to the wok and adjust the seasoning, add salt according to your preference, you can adjust the consistency of the gravy as well just by adding hot water as required.
• Further add sugar, fresh cream & butter, stir well and your silky smooth malai kofta gravy is ready!
• You can serve it two ways, place hot fried koftas on the serving plate and pour hot silky-smooth gravy on top, add some kasuri methi & some chilli oil while serving, or you can also add the koftas directly in the gravy and stir gently to cook for 1-2 minutes, serve hot with roti, naan or any indian bread of your choice.



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