Malai Kofta

Preparation Time : 15 minutes
Cooking Time : 15 minutes


Ingredients :

• paneer (cottage cheese) - 250 gms.
• potato - 1 medium size
• khus khus (poppy seeds ) - 50 gms.
• kaju ( chashew) - 50 gms.
  
• kishmis (raisins ) - 50 gms.
• fresh cream - 1/2 cup
  
• garam masala - 1/2 teaspoon
  
• tomato ketchup - 1 table spoon
• salt - as per taste
• ginger - 1 inch
  
• green chilly - 2
  
• bay leafe - 2
  
• cooking oil
  

Preparation

Boil and peel potato. Grind ginger, green chilly , cashew and poppy seeds to a fine paste separately . Mash paneer and potato and mix it well . Make balls of the mixture stuffing raisins in it . Heat oil in a pan or kadai and keep it on low heat, fry kofta balls till it is light brown drain on to a absorbent paper and keep aside .
Heat oil in a kadai, put bay leafe and pour poppy seed paste, ginger, green chilly paste , garam masala, salt and tomato puree cook for 5 minutes on low heat . Put 1 glass of water and cashew paste and bring to boil, simmer for 10 minutes . Put kofta balls and cream in the gravy boil for 1 minut and serve hot .

Tips : Paneer can be made at home too . Take 2 liters of milk boil it and pour 2 table spoon vinegar or lemon juice wait for 5 minutes , drain the water and put the paneer in a muslin cloth, tie and hang , panner is ready .