PANEER KOFTA

              

Enjoy the recipe

Ingredients required 

For koftas

• Paneer (mashed) -  1 cup
• Boiled Potato (mashed)  - 1 cup
• Salt - ¼ tsp
• Amchoor powder - ¼ tsp
• Cashew nuts powder - 1 tsp
• Finely chopped green chilly - ¼ tsp
• All purpose flour (maida) - 2 tsp

      For gravy

• Finely chopped onion - ½ cup
• Ginger garlic paste - ½ tsp
• Grated tomato - ½ cup
• Salt - ¼ tsp
• Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
• Cream - 2 tsp
• Coriander leaves - as required
• Oil - to fry
• All purpose flour (maida) - 1 tsp

      For Masala

• Cashew nuts powder - 1 tsp
• Cloves & Cinnamon stick powder - ¼ tsp
• Cumin seeds powder - ¼ tsp
• Coriander powder - ¼ tsp
• Amchoor powder - ¼ tsp
• Red chilly powder - ¼ tsp

      Method to prepare

      1. Take a bowl, add all the kofta ingredients except maida and mix well.

      2. Make this mixture into balls and keep this kofta balls aside.

      3. Now take a small bowl, add maida, little water, mix to make a thick batter.

      4. Take a Kadai, add oil and allow to heat. Dip kofta balls in the maida batter and put into the oil.

      5. Fry for 5 to 6 minutes in medium flame and keep these fried kofta balls aside.

      6. Now take a pan, add 4 tsp of oil, allow to heat.  Add onions, fry for 2 to 3 minutes. Then add ginger garlic paste, fry for 

          another 2 minutes in medium flame.

      7. Add grated tomato, turmeric powder, salt and fry for 2 minutes in medium flame. Add all masala ingredients and cook for 

          2 minutes.

      8. Add 1½ cup of water, cashew nut powder, maida paste (mix 1 tsp of maida and 2 to 3 tsp of water) for thickness 

          and allow to boil the gravy.

      9. Now, add fried kofta balls, coriander leaves, cream, into the gravy, cook for 2 minutes and switch off the flame.

    10. Yummy & delicious paneer kofta is ready. Serve it with roti or rice.

Note :- Add Koftas to the gravy 20 minutes before to serve.