Malai Kofta
Hope you all remember about my attempt to make Malai Kofta sometime back and how it ended up with cheese balls. Finally I succeeded in resisting my temptation and I made malai kofta. I got this recipe from one of the cookery shows in a TV channel. I had tried another version of malai kofta almost a year back, which was a disaster. So i was a bit skeptical about making this, but this is a really good recipe, especially with veg pulav or roti.
Here is the recipe for malai kofta:
You can see the recipe for koftas here.
For the gravy
- Onion – 2 medium
- Tomato puree – made from 2,3 tomatoes
- Gingergarlic paste – 1 tablespoon
- Turmeric powder – 1 teaspoon
Coriander powder – 1 tablespoon
Chilli powder – 1 tablespoon
Garam masala – 2 teaspoon - Cream – 1 cup
Cook sliced onions in 2 cups water. Once it is cooked, drain the water completely and grind the onions into a smooth paste. Heat oil in a pan and saute onion paste. After 5 minutes add ginger garlic paste and saute for 2,3 minutes. Add all masala powders and stir for 5 minutes or until the oil starts forming a layer on top. Add tomato puree and once the puree is mixed well in the gravy add the cream. After 5 minutes, remove from gas. Spread prepared koftas in a plate and pour the gravy over it.
Other paneer dishes:
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That is a beautiful pic!The dish is looking really good.
Why do you cook the onions in water first? Just curious…
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Thanks TBC… btw the reason for cooking onions in water, i dont know the exact reason, i have seen it in other recipes such as paneer butter masala, butter chicken and all. Let me try to find out the exact reason and i will let you know :)
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The colour of the gravy is striking golden. Beautiful pic.
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As far as cooking onions in water, there are 2 reasons. 1. It requires less oil.
2. Sauteing onions longer may make them bitter.
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Thanks Suganya for the feedback as well as for the explanation :). Btw your blog is really good, so many nice pictures.
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i accessed ur menu thro’ annita’s page and she says u r cousins. I have seen u during ur childhood years when u used to visit nirmalagiri where ur tessychechi lived.
it is also a coincidence that i hit ur page the same day her payasam show was aired. may be that’s why i cld easily recognise u. where r u now? heard u completed ur MBA and was working abroad. how r u related to annita? anyway both of u r outshining each other with ur wonderful recipes and the mouthwatering pics. kudos 2 the chefs.
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Thanks hello for visiting my blog. Btw how do u know Tesschechy? are you her student?
Annita and myself are second cousins. Am married now and settled in Bahrain. Thanks a lot for your sweet words :)
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I tried this recipe to great sucess but not without mishaps. The first few cheese balls started to break off so I thought of adding a little more of the corn flour. It worked but then it meant that the balls needed more time to sit with the sauce so the sauce can seep inside. I ended up simmering the sauce with the cheese balls for some minutes. It turned out really tasty!
Thanks for sharing it!
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hi maria.. i am a daily visitor of your blog from india. your blog is so nice .. Could you please tell me which mixer grinder are you using to prepare indian dishes esp. chutneys and all…
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Teresa, thanks a lot for visiting my blog daily :)
I use Kenstar brand mixer grinder for Indian dishes. I’ve heard preethi is also a good Indian mixer grinder.
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Hi Maria,
Thanks for the lovely recipe.I tried it and everybody at home liked it.However my cheese balls were crumbling so i added a little bread.I wanted to know what else can i do to prevent the cheese balls from crumbling.
Thanks,
Suchi
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Maria
Reply: on April 19th, 2009 at 10:46 amHi Suchi
Thanks for trying it. If the cheese balls are crumbling, you could try adding a little more cornflour or if you used a small potato, try making it with a big one. Hope this helps.
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Another winner – what a lovely recipe. I had to try this after succeeding in making the paneer balls. The boiling onions step is a new one for me, my poor kids ran out of the kitchen because of the odor – but I think this definetely adds to the authenticity of the gravy taste – it has a “restaurant quality flavor” to it. Thanks for sharing. Since I am so lazy to update my blog, I don’t know when I will get to trackback to this but would love to add it to my recipe collection.
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Aaaahhh -my post is up ;-)
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Hi Maria1 I am SOOOOOOOOOOO proud of you! You are an excellent cook,( which you don’t need me to tell you!), but I have been inspired, after all these years,to try some authentic Indian cooking, thanks to you! I send recipes on to jim as well. I am going to try the Malai Kofta, as I like it very much in restaurants here in the U.S. I will let you know how it yurns out. Love you, lou aunty xo
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Maria
Reply: on January 12th, 2010 at 4:53 pmHi Lou aunty,
I am very much excited to see your comment here. Thanks a lot for your sweet & encouraging words :). Hope Jim & wife are doing great!
I hope you will like the malai kofta, please do let me know how it turns out.
Happy cooking :)
Love
Maria
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Hi Maria,
Iam daily visitor of your blog from india, Chennai. Really good colelction of receipes i found out here. This is my first time in my life sending message to a blog. You are doing really a wonderful job.
want to know become member of this blog..whats the procedures.please let me know
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Maria
Reply: on March 10th, 2010 at 7:43 amHi Sheena
Thank you dear for posting the comment here :) Glad to know that you like this space.
Regarding becoming a member, I’ve added your email id in the subscription list. You will be getting a mail about the same. You will need to click a link listed in that mail to activate your subscription.
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Cheers
Maria
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Hey maria,
I am a frequent visitor of your blog and the most tastiest thing I have tried is your malai kofta. Thanks for such an easy and beautiful recipe.
Just a suggestion , if you sprinkle some crushed kasuri methi it will give you a very good flavour :)
waiting for your new recipes, linitha
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Maria
Reply: on April 3rd, 2010 at 7:43 amHi Linitha,
Thanks a lot Linitha for your feedback and encouragement :)
I usually like the flavor of kasuri methi but haven’t tried in this recipe. Will do that, thanks for the suggestion.
Cheers
Maria
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Hi,
The pic is very good..Water is literally dripping out. I want to try Malai Kofta. But am confused about the cream part? What kind of cream you should buy and also can curd substitute the cream?
Looking forward to your quick reply so that i can try it out soon and pamper myself(hopefully)
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Maria
Reply: on April 9th, 2010 at 10:13 amHi Anna,
Thank you so much :)
I’ve used fresh cream and also whipping cream once for this recipe. You can use either one of that.
I havent tried it yet with yogurt, so am not very sure about that.
Hope this helps..
Cheers
Maria
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Hey this recipe is great I choose this one out of VahreVah and Sanjeev Kapoor one. Thanks a lot for sharing couldn’t stop myself from leaving a feedback.. Great work. :)
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