Showing posts with label kofta. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kofta. Show all posts
Thursday, February 27, 2014
MALAI KOFTA
MALAI KOFTA
INGREDIENTS
FOR THE KOFTAS
- Boiled potatoes (mashed)-3 medium sized
- Paneer (cottage cheese)-100 grams
- Besan-4-5 tablespoons
- Salt to taste
- Red chilli powder-1/4 teaspoon
- Oil for deep frying
FOR THE GRAVY
- Tomatoes chopped-4 medium sized
- Ginger grated-1/2 inch
- Asafoetida (hing)-a pinch
- Cumin seeds (jeera)-1/4 teaspoon
- Coriander (dhania) powder-1/2 teaspoon
- Salt to taste
- Turmeric powder-1/4 teaspoon
- Kasoori methi-1/4 teaspoon
- Red chilli powder-1/4 teaspoon
- Garam masala powder-1/4 teaspoon
- Oil-2 tablespoons
- Water-2 cups
METHOD
- Mix the mashed boiled potatoes, paneer & besan together.
- Use your hand to mash them very well.
- Add salt & red chilli powder & mix well.
- Make small balls out of the mixture.
- Heat oil in a pan & deep fry these balls till they turn golden brown.
- If you have a problem in deep frying, you can coat these balls with maida (gram flour) & then deep fry.
- Once you take them out, keep them aside.
- Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a pan.
- Add asafoetida & cumin seeds & as they crackle add ginger to it.
- As the ginger turns brown, add chopped tomatoes.
- Add turmeric powder & coriander powder & mix well till the mixture starts leaving oil.
- Turn off the flame & allow the mixture to cool down.
- As the mixture cools down, grind the mixture.
- After grinding, add the mixture back to the pan & turn on the flame.
- Add salt, red chilli powder & kasoori methi & cook till it leaves oil.
- As the mixture leaves oil, add water to it.
- Bring it to a good boil & lower the flame.
- Cook it till a slightly thick & properly cooked gravy is formed.
- Add the kofta balls to it, & cook it for another 2 minutes & turn off the flame.
- Malai kofta is ready to serve.
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Kofta biryani
Kofta biryani
Ingredients
- Rice 750 gm boiled with 2 tbsp salt
- Black cumin ½ tsp
- Bay leaf 1
- Whole spices 1 tbsp mixed
Ingredients for kofta
- Mince ½ kg
- Allspice 1 tsp
- Poppy seeds grinded 1 ½ tsp
- Salt 1 tsp
- Ginger garlic paste 1 ½ tsp
- Malai 1 tbsp
- Desiccated coconut grinded 1 tsp
- Chili powder 1 tsp
- Roasted gram 1 tbsp grinded
- Onion raw grinded 1
- Bread 1 sliced soaked in ¼ cup milk
- Coriander leaves 2 tbsp
- Green chilies 2 chopped
- Oil ¾ cup
- Green chilies whole 6
- Tomatoes blended 2
- Cumin 1 tsp
- Ginger garlic paste 1 ½ tsp
- Allspice ½ tsp
- Chili powder 2 tsp
- Salt 1 tsp heaped
- Coriander powder 2 tsp
- Onion brown ½ cup
- Yogurt mixture
- Yogurt whipped 1 ½ cup
- Yellow color pinch
- Kewra water 1 tbsp
- Green cardamom grinded ¼ tsp
- Nutmeg grinded ¼ tsp
- Mace grinded ¼ tsp
- Coriander and mint leaves chopped 2 tbsp
- Dried plums 8
- In a chopped add mince with Poppy seeds grinded 1 ½ tsp, Salt 1 tsp, Ginger garlic paste 1 ½ tsp, Malai 1 tbsp, Desiccated coconut grinded 1 tsp, Chili powder 1 tsp, Roasted gram 1 tbsp grinded, Onion raw grinded 1, Bread 1 sliced soaked in ¼ cup milk, Coriander leaves 2 tbsp, Green chilies 2 chopped, grind well, add ¼ cup water, make in shape of kofta, and keep aside.
- Heat oil add Green chilies whole 6, Tomatoes blended 2, Cumin 1 tsp, Ginger garlic paste 1 ½ tsp, Allspice ½ tsp, Chili powder 2 tsp, Salt 1 tsp heaped, Coriander powder 2 tsp, Onion brown ½ cup, fry well adding little water, add koftas, cook on slow flame till koftas done and thick gravy left. Boil rice with salt, black cumin, whole spices till half done.
- In a pan put half quantity of boiled rice, put kofta with gravy, top with yogurt mixture, chopped coriander and mint leaves, dried plums, remaining boiled rice, top with ¼ cup ghee or oil and leave it on dum for 15 minutes.
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