Doesn’t the name make you drool? When I have my off days from my so called “diet” or when the cravings gets too much out of control or when guests pop in, then I consider those moments the perfect ones to make this Malai (cream) Kofta (fried balls of vegetables/meat). It does involve a considerable effort to make but the result is worth every millisecond put in and some.
There are many versions of Malai Kofta which are made with meat but mine obviously is going to be vegetarian version where I have replaced the meat with Paneer (Indian Cottage Cheese)along with vegetables.
Method
For the Gravy
1.In a pan in little ghee, saute onions, ginger-garlic paste along with tomatoes and salt until soft. Set aside to cool.
2.Now grind the first 8 ingredients together.
3.In the same pan, in a tsp of ghee, saute this ground mixture until the raw smell leaves.
4.Process the cooled tomato-onion mixture until smooth.
Add this mixture to the ground paste and let it simmer for 10 min.Add the milk, sugar and cream and simmer some more for another 10min.
For the Koftas
1.Add all the ingredients together, and mash it well.
2.Make small balls out of it.

3.Deep fry these balls and set aside.
Assembling.
1.Just about 20 min before serving, drop the Koftas inside the gravy, add kasuri methi and let it absorb the gravy. Garnish with cilantro and serve hot with cream (optional).Ta-Da – Done! Now you have a scrumptious Malai kofta all ready for feasting!
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–DK
Love the way you use pictures…one gets the feel of how the dish should look every step of the way.
Very inspiring. Way to go!
I tasted malai kofta once in a restaurant in Hyderabad and loved it. Thanks for sharing this recipe
I tasted malai kofta once in a restaurant in Hyderabad and loved it. Thanks for sharing this recipe
not fair to tempt us like this! Another mouth-watering delicacy from your kitchen.
Awesome,I am sure u r fattening us ,so that instead of racing we are slowly chugging along.
Perfect and bookmarked.GOD,I love this,but sure all the diet will fly away once I make this.. Long list of ingredients,but the effort is worth it.
Koftas looks great, I would just eat them up
. Never tried at home ..
I know this takes a lot of effort but worth it. Looks rich and creamy.
DK…you are making us drooooooliciously drool..;-)lolz…I simply love malai kofta and feel the name itself is tempting enough..;-)…I always thought it was veg..there are non-veg variations too..??never heard of it!!
This is one of favourite gravies…Looks delicious…
I always want to make malai kofta but never got down to it. It is really Droolicious
looks yumm, i usually make this when i have guests
Malai kofta looks really good.. very tempting pic
u r unforgivable. Thanks to ur yummy koftas, I am hungry now n u know what’s the time here : 6:26am
. Pass me the bowl or else I will never talk to u. Hehehe.
Missed u n rm sooooo much,
Siri
Wow totally agree about epitomie of droooliness.
Bookmarking them, i tried to make veg kofta once and the moment i deep fried them, i saw them diapearing into tiny pieces into the oil, you can imagine my depair seeing it.
Will sure try this one.
Wow pictorial view is awesome. List is long but the result looks mouth watering. Let me give a try…
Tempting treats with paneer, love to grab some koftas from the pic..looks delicious, yummy..