Best ever Shahi Malai Kofta recipe

Video recipe 4 minutes long.

Prep time : 25 minutes

Cooking time: 30 minutes

Yield : 4 servings

Ingredients :

For White Gravy:

Water - 3 Cups (750 ml)

Roughly Cut Onions - 1 Cup (250 gm)

Butter - 20 gm

Cooking Oil - 1 Tablespoon (15 ml)

Soaked Cashewnuts (Kaju) paste - 1/2 Cup (125 gm)

Slit Green Chillies - 2-3

Ginger-Garlic Paste - 1 Teaspoon (Optional)

Crushed Green Cardamom - 2-3

Cardamom Powder - 1 Teaspoon

Grated Mawa - 1/3 Cup (85-100 gm)

Black or White Pepper Powder - 1 Teaspoon

(Royal) Garam Masala Powder - A pinch.

Salt to taste. Sugar - 1 Teaspoon

Full Fat Milk or Water - 1 Cup (250 ml) (or two cups if you want thinner consistency)

Fresh Cream - 1/2 Cup (125 gm)

Crushed Fenugreek Leaves or Kasoori Methi - A pinch.

For Kofta : Grated Mawa - 1/3 Cup (85-100 gm)

Grated Paneer - 150 gm

Corn Starch - 1/4 Cup (60 gm)

Finely Chopped ginger and green chillies

Cardamom powder - a pinch

Black Pepper powder - a pinch

Salt to taste

Some chopped dry fruits

Oil to fry

For Garnishing Some Fresh Cream, dry fruits, toasted fenugreek leaves, grated mawa and some tutty-fruity or cherries.

Written recipe:

Step 1: Add water and onion in a sauce pan or cooker and cook until onions are completely cooked.

Step 2: Cool it down and make a smooth paste out of it.

Step 3: In a wok, add butter and oil and add onion paste and mix.

Step 4: Add slit green chillies, ginger-garlic paste and cardamom pods and mix it well.

Step 5: Add Cashews Paste and mix thoroughly.

Step 6: Add elaichi powder, black pepper, salt and garam masala powder and mix.

Step 7: Add grated mawa and mix until it's completely dissolves.

Step 8: Add 1 cup of milk or water and mix. Cover it and let it simmer for 10-15 minutes on low flame.

Step 9: Now in a mixing bowl, add grated mawa and paneer.

Step 10: Add ginger and chillies as well as cardamom powder, salt and pepper powder.

Step 11: Add corn startch for binding.

Step 12: Knead it well but don't overknead it as it turns kofta hard.

Step 13: Make equal sized balls and take one ball and flatten it.

Step 14: Put few chopped dry fruits in the ball and shape it as desired.

Step 15: Fry these balls in oil on medium flame.

Step 16: Once golden from all the sides, take the kofta out and place them on a tissue paper.

Step 17: Now, right before serving, add fresh cream in the gravy.

Step 18: Add crushed fenugreek leaves and mix well.

Step 19: Let it simmer for 2 minutes. Gravy is ready.

Step 20: Place the kofta in a plate and pour gravy over them and garnish with fresh cream, dry fruits, mawa, Fenugreek leaves and some cherries.

bon appetit