Malai Kofta
Instructions
1. Mash the potatoes, mixed vegetables, paneer and mix together.
2. Add the spices to this mash and mix well. The resulting dough should be firm. If not add some bread crumbs ( only if you mess up) Season with salt.
3. Make this dough into balls and put 1/2 a tsp of the nuts and mix in the center of each ball. Roll into perfect rounds. Coat it with some cornflour or allpurpose flour.
4. Heat the oil kept aside to fry the koftas, on a medium flame. Deep fry these rounds till pale golden in colour. 5. Drain on paper towels and keep aside. For the gravy, first heat the 2 tbsps of oil in a deep pan and fry the onions till light brown.
6. Grind into a paste along with the tomatoes, onions, ginger, garlic, coriander, and red chilli powders.
7. Heat oil add black cumin. Put this paste back into the pan and fry till the oil begins to separate from the masala. 8. Add 1 cup of warm water (the sauce for this dish is meant to be thick so do not add too much water) to this masala to form a sauce/gravy.
9.Mix well. Season with salt. Bring the sauce/gravy to a boil and then reduce the fire to a simmer.
10. Add cream , If you dont have cream add little milk and mix fast with out curdling and add finely grated paneer that will gice good creamy texture
10. Gently add the kofas to this sauce/gravy and stop cool.
11. Turn off the fire and sprinkle the garam masala and chopped coriander all over the top of the dish.
