Name: MALAI KOFTA recipe by Geeta Sachdev at BetterButter
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Ingredients for curry; 1 tablespoon oil; 2 tablespoon butter; Whole Masala; {1 bay leaf/tejpatta; 1 big cardmom /moti elaichi; 1 inch piece cinemon/dalchinni; 1 teaspoon black cumin /shah jeera; 3 cloves/laung; 3 cardamoms /choti elaichi}; 1cup chopped onion; 1 tablespoon chopped green chillies; 1 tablespoon grated ginger; 1 tablespoon minced garlic; 1/3 teaspoon haldi /turmeric powder; 1 teaspoon red chilli powder; 1/2 teaspoon jeera powder; 1 tablespoon coriender powder/dhania powder; 2 cups chopped tomatoes; Handful of cashews/kaju; 2+1/2 cup water; 1 teaspoon kasuri methi /dried fenugreek leaves; 1 teaspoon sugar; Salt to taste; 1/4 cup cream; Ingredients for koftas; 1 cup cottage cheese/paneer mashed; 1 cup boiled and mashed potatoes; 2 tablespoon chopped coriender leaves; 1 tablespoon choped ginger

Ingredients Serving: 4

Ingredients for curry
1 tablespoon oil
2 tablespoon butter
Whole Masala
{1 bay leaf/tejpatta
1 big cardmom /moti elaichi
1 inch piece cinemon/dalchinni
1 teaspoon black cumin /shah jeera
3 cloves/laung
3 cardamoms /choti elaichi}
1cup chopped onion
1 tablespoon chopped green chillies
1 tablespoon grated ginger
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1/3 teaspoon haldi /turmeric powder
1 teaspoon red chilli powder
1/2 teaspoon jeera powder
1 tablespoon coriender powder/dhania powder
2 cups chopped tomatoes
Handful of cashews/kaju
2+1/2 cup water
1 teaspoon kasuri methi /dried fenugreek leaves
1 teaspoon sugar
Salt to taste
1/4 cup cream
Ingredients for koftas
1 cup cottage cheese/paneer mashed
1 cup boiled and mashed potatoes
2 tablespoon chopped coriender leaves
1 tablespoon choped ginger
1 tablespoon chopped green chillies
2 tablespoon chopped nuts
1+1/2 tablespoon cornflour
Salt to taste
Oil for frying
Chopped coriender &
Cream for garnishing

Instructions

Heat oil in a wok with butter
Splutter above mentioned whole masala
Add onions fry little
Then add green chillies sautey for some time on medium flame
Add ginger and garlic cook for some time but don't over fry.
Add turmeric chilli cumin and coriender powder mix them all
Add tomatoes cook till mushy
Add cashews with little salt
Add water and let them cook till cashews soft and all the ingredients mixed up
Turn off the flame and let them cool
Mix cheese potatoes corn flour Coriender ginger chillies and salt and nuts in a bowl make a soft dough
And make rolls out of the dough you can make koftas round or cylindrical per choice
Fry all rolls till golden brown take them out on a absorbant paper
Discard the bay leaf and in a mixer jar grind the onoin tomato puree in to paste
Sieve the paste through strainer adjust water to get desired consistency of curry
Heat the wok let the boil comes in curry add dried methi leaves sugar and salt to taste
Cook for some time till the curry thickens or you get desired thickness
Add cream mix well off the flame
At the time of serving line the koftas on a serving dish
And pour hot hot curry over the koftas garnish with cream and coriender .

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