Tasty Malai Kofta Curry Recipe

This tasty malai kofta curry recipe is a must-try Indian food. It’s a dish I always want to have when I crave Indian food. The spices bring together a unique flavour that you won’t get from any other dish.

Tasty Malai Kofta Curry Recipe

Gretel Shaw

This tasty malai kofta curry is a must-try. If you like spicy dishes. This dish is for you.

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Prep Time 15 mins

Cook Time 20 mins

Total Time 35 mins

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Indian

Servings 12 people

Calories 194 kcal

Ingredients

 

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Kofta Ingredients

• 2 cups ground chicken (minced chicken)
• 100 grams Cottage cheese - paneer, grated
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  50 grams mawa - grated
• 1 tablespoon cornflour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 medium green chilis (green chilli in British English) - finely chopped
• ¼ cup cooking oil - for deep-frying
• 2 tablespoons raisins

Gravy Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons cooking oil
• 4 small cardamom - ground
• 2 small green chilis (green chilli in British English) - slit
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  ¾ cup onion paste - boiled
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  1 tablespoon ginger-garlic paste
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  ½ cup cashew nut-melon seed paste
• ½ cup plain yogurt
• 2 tablespoons butter
• ¾ teaspoon cardamom - ground
• ½ teaspoon white pepper
• ½ teaspoon garam masala
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ¼ cup cooking cream

Instructions

 

• To make the koftas¸ mix together chicken, cottage cheese, mawa/khoya, cornflour, salt and green chilli in a bowl.
• Heat sufficient oil in a nonstick pan.
• Portion the mixture into equal parts, stuff each with a raisin and shape into balls or koftas.
• Deep-fry the chicken koftas in hot oil until golden brown. Drain on absorbent paper and set aside.
• To make the gravy, heat oil in a nonstick pan. Add cardamoms and green chillies and sauté for 1 minute.
• Add onion paste and sauté for 1 minute. Next, add ginger-garlic paste and cashew nut-melon seed paste, mix and sauté for 2 to 3 minutes.
• Add 2 cups of water and yogurt, mix and bring to a boil. Add butter, cardamom powder, pepper powder, garam masala powder and salt, mix well and cook for 1 minute.
• Strain the gravy using a sieve into a bowl.
• Pour the gravy back into another nonstick pan, place on heat and bring to a boil. Switch off heat, add cream and stir.
• Place the Malai Kofta in a serving bowl and pour the gravy on top. Sprinkle cardamom powder and serve immediately.

Nutrition

Calories: 194kcalCarbohydrates: 6gProtein: 9gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 45mgSodium: 7588mgPotassium: 255mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 164IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 61mgIron: 1mg

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