Malai Kofta (Restaurant Style Recipe)
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Dassana's Veg Recipes · by Dassana Amit★ 4.8 (107)

Malai Kofta (Restaurant Style Recipe)

NUTRITION · PER SERVING90M COOK
CAL 40%·PRO 32%
CARBS 36G18% OF CAL
5G FIBER10G SUGAR21G OTHER
FAT 70G80% OF CAL
14G SAT57G UNSAT

BARS = SHARE OF RECIPE CALORIES · RINGS = FDA DV

Malai Kofta is fried paneer and potato balls in a rich, creamy, lightly sweet tomato-based gravy with cashews and warm spices. This melt-in-your-mouth North Indian restaurant classic is labor-intensive but deeply satisfying. It's a special dinner dish that tastes like indulgence.

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Nutrition & ingredients

Ingredients

serves 4
  • 100 grams paneer (or 1 cup grated paneer (Indian cottage cheese))
  • 2 medium to large/200 grams potatoes (- boiled, peeled and grated)
  • ¼ teaspoon red chili powder
  • 2 tablespoons cornflour ((cornstarch) or tapioca starch)
  • ¼ teaspoon garam masala
  • 3 tablespoons almond flour (or 2 tablespoons milk powder or 3 tablespoons khoya (mawa or dried evaporated milk solids))
  • salt (as required)
  • oil (for deep frying, as required, any high smoke point neutral oil)
  • 10 to 12 cashews (– whole)
  • 1 tablespoon raisins
  • 3 tablespoons oil (- any neutral oil)
  • ½ cup onion paste (or about 2 medium to large onions or 1 heaped cup chopped onions)
  • 2 teaspoons ginger garlic paste (or 1 inch ginger, 4 to 5 garlic cloves crushed in a mortar)
  • 1 cup tomato puree (or about 2 medium to large tomatoes)
  • ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
  • ¼ teaspoon fennel powder (- optional)
  • ¼ teaspoon cumin powder
  • 1 teaspoon kashmiri chilli powder (or ½ tsp cayenne or red chilli powder )
  • 1 teaspoon coriander powder
  • 6 to 7 tablespoons cashew paste
  • ½ to 1 teaspoon sugar (or as required)
  • 2 cups water (or add as required)
  • 1 teaspoon dry fenugreek leaves ((kasuri methi))
  • 2 tablespoons light cream (or cooking cream or 1 tablespoon heavy or whipping cream - optional )
  • 1 tej patta ((Indian bay leaf))
  • 1 inch cinnamon
  • 1 black cardamom (- optional)
  • 2 green cardamoms
  • 2 single strands of mace ( or a light pinch of ground mace powder)
  • 2 cloves
  • 1 to 2 tablespoons grated paneer ((cottage cheese) - optional)
  • 1 or 2 tablespoons light cream (or whipping cream - optional)
  • 2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves ((cilantro) or some mint leaves sprigs)
PREP
45M
SODIUM
542MG
ESTIMATE
COMPLETE

Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving. 100% of estimated mass resolved.