Malai Kofta (Restaurant Style Recipe)

Name: Malai Kofta (Restaurant Style Recipe)
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 100 g paneer; 200 g potatoes; ¼ tsp red chilli powder; 15 g cornflour; ¼ tsp garam masala; 25 g almond flour; ½ tsp salt; ½ cup neutral oil; 10 pc cashews; 1 tbsp raisins; 3 tbsp neutral oil; 2 pc onion; 2 tsp ginger garlic paste; 240 ml tomato puree; ¼ tsp turmeric powder; ¼ tsp fennel powder; ¼ tsp cumin powder; 1 tsp kashmiri chilli powder; 1 tsp coriander powder; ¼ tsp garam masala; 6 tbsp cashew paste; 1 tsp sugar; 500 ml water; 1 tsp kasuri methi; 30 ml light cream; 1 pc bay leaf; 2½ cm cinnamon stick; 2 pc green cardamom; ⅛ tsp mace; 2 pc cloves

Crispy paneer-and-potato kofta stuffed with sweet-tangy raisins and cashews, served in a rich, lightly sweet creamy gravy.

90 min 528 kcal/serving serves 4

528kcal14gprotein37gcarbs38gfat

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🧀paneer

🥔potatoes

🌶️red chilli powder

🌾cornflour

🍛garam masala

🥜almond flour

🧂salt

🫗neutral oil

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About Dassana Amit

Indian vegetarian home cook and founder of Veg Recipes of India

Dassana Amit is an Indian home cook and food writer best known as the founder of Veg Recipes of India, one of the most widely used vegetarian recipe websites for Indian home cooking. The site has built a large following for its thorough, step-by-step approach to regional and pan-Indian vegetarian dishes.

Her recipes focus on everyday vegetarian Indian cooking, including dals, curries, rice dishes, and North Indian staples, built around layered spice blends like garam masala and tempered tadkas. Recipes are generally written for home cooks rather than restaurant technique, with detailed step-by-step photographs and precise measurements that prioritise reliability over shortcuts.

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