Malai Kofta Recipe

fresh cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: coconut milk

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

cashew nuts

🥗Healthier: almonds

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Almonds provide similar texture at a lower cost

ground chicken

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: chicken thighs

Ground turkey is leaner, while chicken thighs are often cheaper than breast.

Start by making the sauce for the gravy. Into a pan, heat some oil. Temper with bay leaf, cinnamon, green cardamom, cloves, black cardamom. Add the dried red chilies, onions and saute for a minute.

Add the ginger and garlic and saute for another minute until aromatic. Do not brown the onions.

Add the cashews and cook for another few seconds. Add the tomato along with salt and let this cook until the tomatoes are soft.

Add hot water, cover and cook until tomatoes start to melt. Let this mixture cool down. Once cooled, transfer to a blender and blend it to a super smooth paste.

Start making the koftas by adding all the ingredients into a bowl. Make sure you grate the paneer and boiled potatoes really well.

Knead all the ingredients into a super soft dough. Grease your palms with oil and shape the dough into koftas. Make all the koftas and set them aside.

Now gently cover all the koftas with a thin layer of maida. Let the koftas rest for at least 15 minutes before you start frying.

Heat oil in a kadhai to deep fry the koftas. Once the oil is hot, reduce the flame and gently place the koftas one by one into the oil. Let them cook on medium to low flame uniformly. Once done, take them down and let them cool.

Heat oil and butter in a kadhai. Temper with cumin seeds, Kashmiri red chilli powder and turmeric powder. Give it a gentle mix.

Pour the tomato gravy and gently stir and bring it to a boil. Add fresh cream, check for salt and mix well. Add kasuri methi and cook for not more than 3-4 minutes.

Place the gravy in a serving dish. Add the koftas on a bed of gravy. Pour some gravy on top, along with cream. End with some fresh coriander. Serve hot.

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