I've been wanting to try some of my own and finally got around to it couple of months back. It's not a short and easy recipe, let me be honest, but it's all worth it at the end, trust me.
The first step is to make the aloo paneer koftas so go on ahead and do that, I'll wait.
Ready?
Ok now to the gravy to complete the Malai Kofta Recipe.
Malai Kofta Recipe
Preparation time: 20 mins
Cooking time: 1 hour
Ingredients:
1 batch of aloo paneer koftas
1 large onion, pureed
1 tomato, pureed
12 cashew nuts, soaked in warm water for 30 mins and ground to a paste
1 teaspoon of red chilli powder
1 teaspoon of coriander powder
¼ teaspoon of turmeric powder
A generous pinch of hing / asafoetida
1 tablespoon of kasuri methi / dried fenugreek leaves
1 tablespoon of tomato sauce (optional)
2 tablespoon of cream
Salt to taste
2 tablespoon of oil
1 teaspoon of ginger garlic paste
½ teaspoon of jeera / cumin, powdered
½ cup of milk
How to Make Malai Kofta Recipe:
1. Heat oil and add the cumin powder. Fry for 5 seconds. Add the tomato and onion puree. Saute for 2-3 mins until the raw smell disappears.
2. Add the chilli powder, coriander powder, salt, turmeric, ginger garlic paste, and hing.
3. Fry for another 2 mins. Now add the kasuri methi and the tomato sauce (if using). Top it off with the ground cashew pate. Mix well and let it cook for 5 mins on low flame.
4. Add the milk. Bring to boil and simmer for a minute.
5. Finally add the cream and mix well. Test for salt.
6. Gently drop in the koftas and cover with the sauce. Turn off fire and let it sit for some time for the gravy to soak through.
Serve with warm jeera rice or rotis, with a garnish of grated paneer or fresh coriander leaves. I
Notes:
- If you prefer a white base for your malai kofta, skip the tomato and tomato sauce and add more cream and cashew paste.
- Some prefer to omit the onion, and that's fine too but I feel like it gives the gravy a nice base. I also wanted to avoid using too much cream.
SJ
J loves koftas as well! and you know I think its only in the food blogs they make regular sized koftas in INdia they gave us 1 football (ok a little smaller) sized kofta and we had to cut and share. My BIL and sis said that was the norm and that they have not seen smaller sized ones.
Bookmarked!
Nagalakshmi V
yeah i've had those too. sometimes one order comes with only one (large) kofta. they are bready and often too sweet and the sauce is way too creamy. and white.
Saraswathi Iyer
Looks delicious and tempting pics.
Arch
Hey Nags, I posted a kofta curry too, but with dudhi koftas and used your pakodi method, made the koftas in a paniyaram chatti...
Anonymous
Great recipe, flavours so well proportioned, I may just try it out with hung curd/thick yoghurt to replce the cream, what do you feel?
Rajani.
Nagalakshmi V
sounds fab. should come out great. let me know if you try it.
Paaka Shaale
The malai kofta looks very tempting Nags and great presentation as well 🙂
notyet100
Koftas look creamy nd yum,..: )
jeyashrisuresh
Rich and creamy gravy and nice version. it has been ages since i made this
Sharmilee! :)
This version looks so tempting....yummy kofta curry
Tina
Beautiful clicks...Kofta looks yummy and tempting.
RAKS KITCHEN
Looks sinfully yummy! Perfectly done too....