മലായ് കോഫ്ത
Ingredients:
For the koftas: 2 cups peeled and diced boiled potatoes / 1
cup mixed vegetables (carrots, beans, peas, sweet corn)
boiled / 1 cup paneer cubes / 2 tbsp of thickened/ heavy/
double cream / 1 tsp cumin powder / 1 tsp coriander powder
/ 1/2 tsp red chilli powder / 1/2 cup chopped nuts (almonds,
walnuts and cashewnuts) / 1/4 raisins chopped fine / Salt to
taste / Vegetable/ canola/ sunflower c
koftas
For the sauce: 3 tbsp vegetable/ canola/ sunflower cooking
oil / 2 large onions quartered / 2 tomatoes quartered / 2 tbsp
garlic paste / 1 tbsp ginger paste / 2 tbsp
1 tbsp cumin powder / 1/2 tsp red chili
seeds lightly roasted and ground into a powder / 3 tbsp nuts
(cashews and almonds) ground into a thick paste / Salt to
taste / 2 tsp garam masala
Preparation:
Mash the potatoes, mixed vegetables, paneer and cream
together. Add the kofta spices to this mash and mix well.
The resulting dough should be firm. If not add some more
boiled potato. Season with salt.
Make this dough into balls and put 1/2 a tsp of the nut and
raisin mix in the center of each ball. Roll into perfect rounds.
Heat the oil kept aside to fry the koftas, on a medium flame.
Deep fry these rounds till pale golden in colour.
Drain on paper towels and keep aside.
For the gravy, first heat the 3 tbspns of oil in a deep pan and
fry the onions till light brown.
Grind into a paste along with the tomatoes, onions, ginger,
garlic, coriander, cumin and red chilli powders.
Put this paste back into the pan and fry till the oil begins to
separate from the masala
Add the poppy seeds powder and nut paste and fry for
another 2-3 minutes.
Add 1 cup of warm water (the sauce for this dish is meant to
be thick so do not add too much water) to this masala to
form a sauce/gravy. Mix well. Season with salt.
Bring the sauce/gravy to a boil and then reduce the fire to a
simmer.
Gently add the koftas to this sauce/gravy and cook
uncovered for 2-3 minutes.
Turn off the fire and sprinkle the
top of the dish. Cover immediately and allow to sit for 5
minutes.
Serve with hot Naans (tandoor
flatbread) or Jeera Rice.