Here’s a scrumptious delight that is equally enjoyable on occasions. Malai Kofta is basically cottage cheese dumplings soaked in a creamy Indian-style gravy. Made with cottage cheese and an array of spices, it is totally addictive.
Malai Kofta
Time taken: 40 min
Taste-o-meter: Medium-spicy
Ingredients:
- Cottage Cheese: 450 g
- Cornflour: 1/4 cup
- Raisins: 1/4 cup
- Mawa: 1/2 cup
- Cream: 1/4 cup
- Garam masala: 1 tsp
- Cream: 50 ml
- Ginger-garlic paste: 30 g
- Green chillies: 6
- Oil to deep fry
- Onions (roughly chopped & boiled): 60 g
- Red chilli powder: 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Tomatoes (chopped and pureed): 2/3 cup
Method:
- Mash the potatoes, cottage cheese, cornflour, green chilies and salt. Knead this to a dough. Divide into 16 equal portions and stuff each ball with a couple of raisins. Roll into a ball and deep fry.
- In the same seasoned oil (you can take out some bit for healthy reasons), add the boiled onions and sauté. To this, add ginger-garlic paste. Add the tomato puree and red chilli powder and sauté again for another 6-9 min. Mix the mawa in about 1.5 cups of water and add to the gravy. Bring it to a boil.
- Let it simmer. To this, add fresh cream and garam masala, and place the warm koftas. Let it simmer for not more than 1 min.
- Serve with rice or paratha.