hattyfoods
Malai kofta curry recipe | Panner kofta curry | How to make kofta curry with detailed step by step pictures. This is an popular curry recipe from north Indian cuisine. It is a rich creamy curry made with onion tomato base and panner balls. And its loaded with malai or fresh cream. The term kofta refers to meat balls made from lamb or beef. But for the vegetarian version of kofta is prepared from panner, vegetables and potato. Malai kofta curry recipe can be served with jeera rice, roti and naan.
Malai kofta curry is silky smooth and rich panner based curry, i dont prepare malai kofta regularly because it requires little extra effort has we have to prepare kofta balls and curry. So i usually make panner butter masala or kadai panner for roti and naan. However malai/paneer kofta curry can be prepared for some special occasions or for weekend lunch. The gravy is silky smooth an lightly sweetened because of cream, and mainly spiced as whole spices are used in it.
To make restaurant style Malai kofta curry strain the onion tomato puree after blending.
While maing kofta balls do not more cornflour or maida just add to bind evrything. use homemade panner for best taste
Raisins and cashews in panner balls makes it more rich but you can skip it if you dont want
Panner kofta curry is usually prepared in restauran
Please visit all my other side dish recipes.
Malai kofta recipe | Panner kofta curry | How to make kofta curry
Ingredients
For Malai Kofta
- 1 cup Panner (crumbled)
- 2 Potato (mashed)
- 1 tsp Garam masala
- 1 green chili
- Few Cashews and raisins(optional)
- 3 tbsp corn flour
- 1 tsp Ginger garlic paste
- Oil for deep frying
- Salt for taste
For curry
- 2 Onions
- 3 Tomatoes
- small Ginger
- 3-4 cloves Garlic
- 7-8 Cashews
- 2 Chili powder
- 1/4 Turmeric
- 1 Coriander powder
- small Cinnamon
- 1 Bay leaf
- 1 tsp Jeera/cumin
- 2 tbsp Butter or Oil
- 2 tbsp Fresh cream
Instructions
For making Malai Kofta balls
- Firstly In a large mixing bowl take Crumbled paneer, Boiled potato, grated ginger, coriander leaves and mix well
- Now add Corn flour, Chili powder, Garam masala , Salt and raisins and mix well
- Now take a small ball size and roll in your palms
- Drop the prepared paneer balls in hot oil and fry them in medium flame
- Take it out once it turns golden brown
Onion tomato puree
- In a kadai heat some oil and add roughly chopped onion, garlic, ginger and saute
- Now add Chopped tomatoes and cook till turn soft
- Add the onion tomato mixture to a blending jar and add cashews and blend well
- Now strain the Puree through a strainer ( this helps to get silky smooth gravy which is similar to restaurant style )
Curry preparation
- In the same kadai heat some butter or some oil and add cinnamon, bay leaf, jeera/cumin
- Add chili powder,turmeric and coriander powder and give it a quick mix
- Now add onion tomato puree and add water to adjust the consistency and cover and cook till gravy thickness
- Add salt as per taste
- Now add Kasuri methi and simmer for 2 minutes
- Finally add fresh cream and switch of the flame
- Add the Panner Kofta balls to curry before serving and drizzle some fresh cream
- Serve panner kofta curry with Roti, jeera rice and naan
