Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Malai kofta by RB

 Ingredients



1 Medium Potato, boiled & grated 150 gms Paneer, grated 50 gms Mawa Salt to taste ½ tsp Black Pepper Powder ½ inch-Ginger, grated A pinch of Baking Soda 1 tbsp Corn Flour Oil for deep frying For Kofta Filling ¼ cup Dry fruits, chopped Salt to taste ½ tbsp fresh coriander, chopped ½ tsp Cardamom Powder For Gravy 2 tbsp Ghee 2 tbsp Oil 2 Bay leaf 3-4 Cardamom pods 6-8 Black Peppercorns ½ tbsp Cumin Seeds 2 medium Onions, sliced 1 tbsp Coriander Powder 1 tbsp Red Chilli Powder ½ tsp Turmeric Powder 1 inch-Ginger, coarsely grounded 3-4 Garlic Cloves, coarsely grounded 2 medium Tomatoes, chopped ½ cup Cashew nuts 1 tbsp Ghee 1 tsp Red Chilli Powder Process For the Koftas ● In a mixing bowl, grate potatoes, paneer and mawa. ● Add salt, black pepper, baking soda and grated ginger. ● Now add refined flour for binding. ● For the filling, in a mixing bowl, add dry fruits, cardamom powder and very little kofta mixture for binding. ● Now take the kofta mixture and prick a hole for the filling. Fill in the dry fruits mixture and make a small lemon sized balls. ● Deep fry the koftas and cook on low flame till golden brown in colour. ● Drain the koftas in an absorbent paper. Keep aside for further use. For the Gravy ● In a kadhai, add ghee and oil. ● Then add bay leaf, black peppercorns, cardamom pods and cumin seeds. Coom tiill cumin seeds start to splutter. ● Now add onion and cook till translucent. ● Then add coriander powder, red chilli powder, turmeric powder and ginger garlic, mix well. ● Add tomatoes and cook till soft. Add cashew nuts and mix well. ● Once everything’s cooked through, turn off the flame and let the mixture cool down. ● Once cold, grind the mixture into a fine paste. ● Strain the tomato puree through a strainer. ● Take a kadhai, add ghee and oil. ● Once hot, add red chilli powder, kasuri methi and tomato puree, mix well. ● Cook the puree until raw smell goes off. ● Serve the kofta's in a plate and then pour tomato puree on top. ● Garnish with fresh cream. ● Serve hot with roti.



Paneer Jalfrezi

 Paneer jalfrezi by honest kitchen


Cut the vegetable in slant


take oil and sauté carrots and gobi first as they are hard veggies. Add turmeric at this point

after it’s done 80%. 


Add beans,, onions, capsicum, green chillies and cabbage. don’t make them soft and keep them crunchy. Add kasoori methi at this time.


 turmeric powder 1/4 tsp

kashmiri lal mirch  1 1/2 tsp

coriander powder 1 tsp

cumin powder 1 tsp

add water to this and make paste


again take oil add red chillies 2-3

add cumin seeds or mustard seeds . now 10 garlic pods. add curry leaves and don’t let the garlic brown. add chopped onions - 1 on high flame and when its soft. add peas and sauté it. It will taste better. 


Now chopped tomatoes- 2

Add masala paste and low down the flame.  butter 1 tbsp and add ginger and 2 tbsp of tomato ketchup


it should be tangy, spicy and sweet.. Now add your sauteed veggies. 

don’t overcook the veggies . 


Garnish with cilantro and garam masala powder.