Malai kofta paneer/How to make Malai kofta

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Life journey :

Ok,so it goes like this.One of our family friend whom i had met a couple of times ,with whom i had gone for a family trip for 3 days as well..suddenly forgets my name😠imagine this, i am completely blank now…all kind of thoughts in my mind what happened to her? Is she ignoring me or has she really forgotten my name….How is this possible???? A person with whom i had travelled doesn’t remember my name…she’s calling me Seema😁…

Story goes like this,she had a kitty party and called all friends over,one of them was me (with a new name Seema😆) so now i reached there all happy iam meeting my friend, she’s genuinely a lovely lady.Served us a lovely platter of snacks, wholesome one..enjoyed talking to all ,some came with their toddlers seeing them do masti was mood freshing. Now suddenly i hear Seema Seema!!i did not bother to look as i am not Seema…then bhabhi (i call her)came to me and gave the plate and said you did not hear (hahaha)i was thinking i heard but did not know that i was the one…ok now finished with all the party stuff returned home with a heavy heart…just thought i could have corrected her on the spot Why didn’t i?only because she was way elder to me or i was like whats in a name no there is a lot in a name…i was waiting for my next visit to her place to see if she still calls me the same…but lucky this time i was referred to as Sadhana😍all happy, later to realise that it was just a slip of the tongue. No issue, she’s still my favourite one and respected as well.who has always stood with me in our thick and thin.Now i know she’s bad with names, which she has done with many others also..this was just my experience, which i loved to share here.Thank you for reading i am not a writer just my stories here

Today’s recipe is Malai kofta paneer a creamy and rich in flavour curry.A complete North Indian food .This curry is made with khoya and dryfruit. So let’s get the recipe

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Ingredients

• 1 cup paneer
• 1/2 cup khoya
• 2 tablespoon raisins
• 2 tablespoon kaju (cashews)
• 1 tej patta
• 2 green elaichi
• 3 to 4 cloves/ lavang
• 4 black pepper
• 4 onions
• 2 tablespoon ginger-garlic paste
• 2 boiled potatoes
• 2 tablespoon cornflour
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 tablespoon kasuri methi
• 2 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon red chilli powder
• 2 to 3 tablespoon coriander powder
• 2 tablespoon garam masala powder
• 4 tomatoes
• Salt as per taste
• Oil for deep frying

Method

For the koftas

• Take a bowl ,grate paneer in it, add boiled and mashed potatoes as well
• Keep a little khoya side to use it in the gravy for thick and creamy consistency
• Now ,add green chillies, coriander leaves, khoya with chopped raisins
• Mix it well
• Add salt and cornflour
• Give it a lovely mix
• Make round balls of desired size
• Place them on the plate ,after you have finished making all the koftas in same manner
• Heat oil in a deep pan and fry all the koftas till golden brown and remove them on the kitchen towel

For gravy

• Take a bowl add little water add in tomatoes, tej patta,elaichi, lavang and black peppercorns and boil it till tomatoes turn soft
• After it has cooled down, blend it to paste
• In the same pan in which you had deep fried koftas ,chop the onions and deep fry till golden brown
• Make a fine paste of onions
• Soak kaju in warm milk for 10 minutes and grind to a paste
• Heat kadai add oil with butter add green chillies ,ginger-garlic paste saute,add kaju paste saute it for some seconds add onion paste, pour in the tomato puree with all the given spices
• Add water to the desired consistency or skip
• Add garam masala powder ,sugar and kasuri methi with salt boil for 2 minutes
• Add in the left khoya in the gravy for that creamy and rich flavour
• Add in the koftas when you are ready to serve
• Your delicious Malai kofta paneer is ready
• Here i have not stuffed paneer with khoya instead i have mixed khoya and dryfruit with paneer and potatoes
• Serve it with naan or roti
• loved by my kids and this is all time favourite in my house

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