20th Anniversary

[TinGull 10]

Malai Kofta:

 

For the Curry Sauce:

 

3 Tablespoons Oil (I use ghee)

6 cloves garlic finely chopped

1 medium onion cut in quarters and sliced very thin

2 teaspoon paprika

1/2-2 teaspoon chile powder

3 teaspoon cumin powder

1 1/2 teaspoon turmeric

2 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 teaspoon garam masala

4 medium tomatoes finely chopped

1 cup water

3/4 cup heavy cream

 

••• For Paneer Cheese •••

1/2 gallon whole milk

1/3 cup white vinegar

 

••• For Koftas •••

3 medium potatoes

3 slices of white bread (stale) processed into bread crumbs (I think its about a 1/2 cup of bread crumbs)

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons dried pomegranate seed

1 1/2 teaspoon ajwain seed

1 teaspoon chile flakes

1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh chile

1/4 cup loosely packed cilantro

oil for deep frying

 

 

 

• Heat ghee in 6-8 quart sauce pot and hat garlic to saute for 10 seconds. Add onion and saute over medium heat stirring every minute or so until translucent.

 

• Add all the spices (EXCEPT garam masala) and salt and saute for about 3-5 minutes. Add tomatoes and stir and saute for another 3-5 minutes. Transfer to a food processor (or hand blender in the sauce pot) and grind up smooth. Transfer mix back to the pot and, add 1 cup of water and simmer on medium/low heat for about 45 minutes. You'll see a sheen of oil on the top. Check every 5 minutes to make sure the sauce isn't sticking to the bottom of the pot. After the sauce has thickened to the consistency of heavy cream, remove from the heat and add the cream and mix. Sprinkle the garam masala on top.

 

••• To make paneer cheese for the koftas •••

 

• In saucepan, bring milk to a boil. Stir in the vinegar and turn off the heat. Let it cool as the milk curdles. After 20 minutes strain through cheesecloth and squeeze off excess moisture by twisting and wringing the cloth around the curds. Place a heavy object on top of the cheesecloth to squeeze out remaining moisture. Let that sit for 40 minutes under pressure. Remove and you've got paneer!

 

••• To make koftas •••

 

* Boil potatoes; when cooked, cool peel and mash. Add crumbled paneer, breadcrumbs, salt, spices and cilantro.

 

• Divide mixture into 24 balls, deep fry 3-5 at a time with oil at about 380 degrees. Cook until browned.

 

• Serve kofta balls with curry sauce over rice. YUM!

[Reaver 10]

Malai Kofta:

 

For the Curry Sauce:

 

3 Tablespoons Oil (I use ghee)

6 cloves garlic finely chopped

1 medium onion cut in quarters and sliced very thin

2 teaspoon paprika

1/2-2 teaspoon chile powder

3 teaspoon cumin powder

1 1/2 teaspoon turmeric

2 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 teaspoon garam masala

4 medium tomatoes finely chopped

1 cup water

3/4 cup heavy cream

 

••• For Paneer Cheese •••

1/2 gallon whole milk

1/3 cup white vinegar

 

••• For Koftas •••

3 medium potatoes

3 slices of white bread (stale) processed into bread crumbs (I think its about a 1/2 cup of bread crumbs)

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons dried pomegranate seed

1 1/2 teaspoon ajwain seed

1 teaspoon chile flakes

1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh chile

1/4 cup loosely packed cilantro

oil for deep frying

 

 

 

• Heat ghee in 6-8 quart sauce pot and hat garlic to saute for 10 seconds. Add onion and saute over medium heat stirring every minute or so until translucent.

 

• Add all the spices (EXCEPT garam masala) and salt and saute for about 3-5 minutes. Add tomatoes and stir and saute for another 3-5 minutes. Transfer to a food processor (or hand blender in the sauce pot) and grind up smooth. Transfer mix back to the pot and, add 1 cup of water and simmer on medium/low heat for about 45 minutes. You'll see a sheen of oil on the top. Check every 5 minutes to make sure the sauce isn't sticking to the bottom of the pot. After the sauce has thickened to the consistency of heavy cream, remove from the heat and add the cream and mix. Sprinkle the garam masala on top.

 

••• To make paneer cheese for the koftas •••

 

• In saucepan, bring milk to a boil. Stir in the vinegar and turn off the heat. Let it cool as the milk curdles. After 20 minutes strain through cheesecloth and squeeze off excess moisture by twisting and wringing the cloth around the curds. Place a heavy object on top of the cheesecloth to squeeze out remaining moisture. Let that sit for 40 minutes under pressure. Remove and you've got paneer!

 

••• To make koftas •••

 

* Boil potatoes; when cooked, cool peel and mash. Add crumbled paneer, breadcrumbs, salt, spices and cilantro.

 

• Divide mixture into 24 balls, deep fry 3-5 at a time with oil at about 380 degrees. Cook until browned.

 

• Serve kofta balls with curry sauce over rice. YUM!

 

 

Forwarding this to my wife as we speak...

[TinGull 10]

nice. I went through 5 malai kofta recipes before I found the one that was most like my indian restaurant that I fell in love with back in Indiana. This is just an amazing recipe.

[Blu-Ray 10]

Thanks Darth for the tikka recipe, it's pretty much the same ingredients I use, I just feel as if I'm missing something, when comparing to the restaurants.

 

Wow Tin, thanks, thats making me hungry just reading the recipe, I think I'll give that a try, I've never had that before but sounds delicious.

 

Cheers

 

Blu-Ray

[walterw 10]

I think seriously we will have to ask James to start a cooking seccion forum ¡¡

 

I will see this weekend if I get to do some of this man ¡¡ thanks Tin ¡¡ cheers The Chimp.

[Reaver 10]

I think seriously we will have to ask James to start a cooking seccion forum ¡¡

 

I will see this weekend if I get to do some of this man ¡¡ thanks Tin ¡¡ cheers The Chimp.

 

heh heh now THAT would make for an eclectic trading forum!

[walterw 10]

heh heh now THAT would make for an eclectic trading forum!

 

 

definitive unusual ¡¡ pure enjoyment ¡¡

 

 

the garam masala ingridient, I dont know if I will find it here mmmm

[Reaver 10]

I agree, that's what the forum is here for! Make great traders AND chefs out of us all. LOL

 

Definitely a way to bring the community closer together, sharing trade ideas, now even sharing recipes. I think it's a cool idea.

[TinGull 10]

definitive unusual ¡¡ pure enjoyment ¡¡

 

 

the garam masala ingridient, I dont know if I will find it here mmmm

 

 

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Garam-Masala

[walterw 10]

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Garam-Masala

 

Thanks Tin ¡¡ now I am in bussiness...

[darthtrader 10]

That sounds great Tin, I had no idea it was that easy to make paneer.

This woman has about 30 indian dishes on her videos, a few with paneer too:

http://youtube.com/user/Manjulaskitchen

I'm going to try to make at least the paneer, that was something I wasn't able to find here.

 

walter, you could probly use cinnamon instead of garam masala, just maybe use a 1/3rd of that amount. Its not that powerfull of a spice, i'm sure it would still taste pretty much the same without it.

[TinGull 10]

I love Manjula!! And you're welcome Walter

[walterw 10]

You guys rock ¡¡

[Reaver 10]

LOL better than HGTV!