Malai Kofta
August 12th, 2008 filed under Gravy / Sauces, Paneer (Indian Cheese)
Malai kofta is a delicious and rich main dish for any special occasion.
Recipe serves 4 to 6.
Ingredients:
- Kofta:
- 1 cup boiled mash potatoes
- 1 cup mash paneer
- 2 tablespoon minced cilantro (hara dhania)
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin seed (jeera)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 small finally chopped green chili
For Batter:
- 2 tablespoon all purpose flour (maida, plain flour)
- 4 tablespoon water
Also needed:
- Oil to fry
- Gravy:
- 2 tablespoon oil
- Generous pinch asafetida (hing)
- 1 teaspoon cumin seed (jeera)
- 2 medium tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon shredded ginger (adrak)
- 1 green chili
- 1 tablespoon coriander powder (dhania)
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric (haldi)
- 1/4 teaspoon red chili powder
- 1 teaspoon all purpose flour (maida, plain flour)
- 1/4 cup cream
- 1/2 teaspoon salt (adjust to taste)
- 1/4 teaspoon garam masala
- 2 tablespoon minced cilantro (hara dhania)
Method
Kofta
- Mix all the ingredients together for kofta,
- With oiled hands, divide the mixture into 14 to 16 equal parts.
- Make them in round balls.
- Mix flour with about 4 tablespoons of water and mix well until batter is smooth.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan on medium high heat.
- The frying pan should have at least 1 1/2 inch of oil. To check if the oil is ready, just put one small piece of mix in the oil, it should come up right away but not change color.
- Dip the paneer balls in the batter one at a time and slowly drop into the frying pan.
- Turn them occasionally. Fry koftas until golden-brown all around.
Gravy:
- Blend the tomatoes, green chilies and ginger to make a puree. If you prefer mild take the seeds out of green chili before blending.
- Mix cream and flour and keep aside.
- Heat the oil in a saucepan. Test the heat by adding one cumin seed to the oil; if it cracks right away oil is ready.
- Add the hing and cumin seeds.
- Add the tomato puree, coriander powder, turmeric, red chili powder and cook for about 4 minutes on medium heat.
- Tomato mixture will start leaving the oil and will reduce to about half in quantity.
- Add milk and flour mix, salt and one cup of water and let it cook covered for 7 to 8 minutes on medium heat.
- Add the garam masala, salt and cilantro. Let it cook for another minute.
- Add koftas as soon it comes to boil turn off the heat. Note: koftas will expand to about 11/2 times, if you like more gravy this is the time to add some more boiled water and adjust salt.
- Koftas are very soft they should be added to the gravy when you are ready to serve, otherwise koftas will break.
Hi aunty,
I jus had a question. For all gravies we would be adding onion but why in malai kofta for gravy u didn add onions to make puree.
Sindhu,
I don’t use onion.
hai aunty,
Your recipes are really great. I am a newly married & i didnt know how to cook all these recipes. We got o the restaurant to eat these. Thats when i found you as my inspiration & tried out your recipes one by one. Great I know how to make lots of delicious recipes now. Thanks a lot. I wanted to ask you one thing. I have read & heard maida is not good for health. What is a subtitute foe maida, which actually makes the gravy thicker & thats good for health. When you explain the recipes I feel as if my mom is teaching me. Thanks a lot. Lov you lots…aunty.
With prayers & love always to you & your family…
Hi manjula aunty,
I tried quite a few of ur recipes some came out great sme nt so well. I dnt hv a gud blender so fr badam burfi I added dry milk tht made it realy creamy my own signature sweet dish….dokhla awful I hv tried dhokla maybe about 100 times n exactly step by steo bt agan nvr came out gud, naan perfect, kadhai paneer awsome,n today gonna try shahi paneer its different frm wat we cook…..as bcuz of ganesha festival ur recipes gave a real twist to our vegetarian menu….thnks again
Hello aunty,
Tried this for the first time and came out really well!! My 5 yr old son, husband and myself are fans of your recipes!! We watch them on youtube very often.
Thank you for posting such delicious and easy to make recipes and videos. you rock!!
Shikka,
Also, if the koftas are sticking together when you are frying them, try frying not so many at a time. Fry just a few at a time.
Thanks!
Dear Manjula aunty,
thanks for such a terrific recipe, but just that when i tried to fry the koftas , they fell apart and also stuck to each other, wehen i tried to spearate them they broke..please help, what could have gone wrong?
regards
Shikha
Shikha,
May be heat was too low or the mix was too soft.
hi,
i’ve got the same problem. if you find the solution, please let me know
viliam
hi manjula,
i’ve got a question. i have tried this recipe 3 times. 1st time it went just great, 2nd time, koftas did fall apart in the oil, that was very sad. today, the 3rd time, koftas did come out nice from the oil, but after i placed them into gravy, they falled apart. i very sad, because i really don’t know what could possibly be wrong. another problem is, that koftas tend to stick to each other when frying. please, can you help me?
thanks
hello manjulaji, i am from mauritius. I really want to try this recipe but dont know what type of cream to use.. can u plz tell me? or is there a substitute for cream?
hey, my mom just uses coconut cream (:
which cream we hv use can u explain. i m glad tht u r here 2 help us. i sw ur so many dishes n i made tht. n tht was awesome so thank you
coconut cream should be fine, that’s what my mom uses
Hi
I like your malai kofta recipe. I have tried many of your recipes and they have come out well.
I have a question. Can i prepare the koftas and the gravy ahead of time say the previous day and store them in the fridge?
Thanks