Restaurant Style – Paneer Kofta
Ingredients:
(A) For making raw Kofta balls :
1) Grated cheese- 125 gm
2) Boiled Potatoes- 2 big
3) Salt- 1/2 teaspoon – as per taste
4) Cashews – 10-12 pcs
5) Green raisins- 15-20 pcs
6) Grated paneer- small quantity to stuff kofta balls
7) Corn flour – 3 big spoon – add more , if needed
( B) For Kofta Gravy :
1) Onion – 2 medium – diced
2) Tomatoes- 2 medium- diced
3) oil – 3 tablespoon- (any cooking oil )
4) Fresh cream – 2 tablespoon
5) Cashew paste – 2 tablespoon
6) Salt – 1 teaspoon- as per taste
7) Garam masala powder- 1/2 tablespoon
8) Roasted jeera powder- 1/2 tablespoon
9) Cinnamon stick- 1
10) Green Cardamom- 4 pcs
11) Degi mirch powder- 1 teaspoon
12) Red chilies powder- 1/2 tablespoon
13) Turmeric- 1/2 tablespoon
14) Water – 1 1/2 cups – as per requirement
Preparation:
A) To make Paneer Kofta Balls ( to deep fry):
1) Mash potatoes and mix with grated cheese ( paneer) , add corn flour and salt . Mix it slowly to make dough- takes good 15-25 minutes – needs lot of patience
( Note: There should be no moisture either in potatoes or paneer and don’t put even a drop of water – you can use small quantity of oil in your palm – if needed)
2) When dough is ready , make small to medium sized balls and fill with cashew , raisins and cheese – filling as per your taste
3) Put any cooking oil in a pan / kadai on high flame ????
4) when hot – change flame to medium and put kofta balls slowly in the oil so that balls don’t break- takes few minutes till balls turn golden brown
5) Take the kofta balls out in a plate- and turn off the flame
6) Pre – heat a clean pan/ kadai and put oil ( from ingredients list )- keep small amount for cinnamon/ cardamom for tadka
7) Change flame to Medium- put onion – sauté 3-4 minutes till they turn golden brown
8) Add tomatoes and salt – sauté 4-5 minutes till tomatoes become soft- take out this mixture in a bowl and let it cool – to make a paste in a blender .
9) Now clean the pan / kadai again and pre heat it – add rest of small quantity of oil – let it get warm – add cinnamon stick and 4 green cardamom
10) change flame to medium- low . Add tomatoes/ onion paste , red chilies powder, turmeric, degi mirch powder, mix well- add cashew paste – stir and sauté 4-5 minutes till oil oozes out – add one cup water – let it cook 2-3 minutes
11) Add fresh cream , garam masala powder, roasted cumin powder and change flame to medium
12) cook 2-3 minutes and then change flame to LOW – add kofta balls slowly to the gravy
13) mix balls well with gravy and dish out
14 ) Garnish with cream
15) you can eat with Naan , Roti and rice .
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