Paneer-Malai Kofta - International Dumpling Incident

Time for the next International Party! This time since it is on Dumplings I decided to prepare one of my favourites. Paneer-Malai Kofta/ Cottage Cheese-Fresh Cream Dumplings another North Indian Classic served best with butter naan. A recipe from my files, that I havent prepared since a long time.

We are celebrating a lot of birthdays this time, including mine.

Paneer-Malai Kofta

Serves 7koftas

Ingredients-

For Koftas

250gms grated paneer

2small boiled potatoes

2tbs white flour

2green chillies chopped

1tbs coriander chopped

1/2tsp garam masala

1tbs malai/fresh cream

7 seedless white raisins/kishmish

salt to taste

For Gravy

2tbs of freshly grated/dessicated coconut

2big onions-chopped

1green chilli-chopped

1dry red chilli-broken

1/2 tsp cumin

1/2 inch ginger-chopped

1tbs cashew

1tsp coriander powder

2tbs ghee

2small tomatoes-pureed

3-4tbs cream

1/4tsp garam masala

salt to taste

Preparation

Koftas

• Grate boiled potatoes. Add paneer, flour, green chillies, coriander, salt and garam masala.
• Mix well and roll into 7 balls.
• Flatten each ball, put some fresh cream and a raisin in each ball.
• Cover it again and roll back into a ball and roll in some flour.
• Deep fry and keep aside.

Gravy

• Soak the poppy seeds, add cashew and grind to a paste
• Grind onion to a paste.
• Heat ghee in a pan, add coconut, green and red chilli, cumin seeds, poppy-cashew paste and coriander powder together.
• Add onion paste and cook on low heat.
• Add the tomato puree and cook till the ghee separates.
• Add 1 cup water and give it a boil, there should be no raw taste of onions or tomatoes.
• Add salt and garam masala.
• Keep on low heat for a few minutes. Add cream, mix well.
• Add the koftas before serving.
• Serve hot with Butter Naan.

Special Birthday wishes to

Mardi of ELTW – Happy 40th! Hugs & Kisses

Divina Pe of Sense & Serendipity

Pam of My Man’s Belly
Evelyne of Cheap Ethnic Eatz


At the party you will find-

Penny – Jeroxie (Addictive & Consuming) – Tang Yuan

Christine – Christine’s Recipes – Fried wontons with sweet & sour sauce

Mardi – Eat, Live, Travel, Write – It’s my birthday and you’re invited
Trix – Tasty Trix
Conor - Hold the Beef – Zwetschkenknödel
Natasha – 5 Star Foodie – Pelmeni
Anges – Off the spork – Shanghai soup dumplings
Joanne – Second Helping – Dumplings three ways
Celeste – Berry Travels
Ahn – A food Lover’s Journey – Pan-fried savoury ’sticky’ dumplings
Cherry – Sweet Cherry Pie – Filipino Dumpling Soup or Pancit Molo
Tracey - Tangled Noodle – The Long and Winding Dumpling Road
Evelyne - Cheap Ethnic Eatz – Momos
Emma – Cake Mistress – Lovely Lumps: Golden Syrup Dumplings
Mark – Cafe Campana – Butterscotch Apple Dumplings
Cool Lassi(e) – Pan Gravy Kadai Curry- Deep Fried Lentil Dumpling in Yogurt Sauce
Ozoz – Kitchen Butterfly
Sharlene – Wheels and Lollipop
Ms Baklover - Footscray Food Blog – Pork wontons soup
Monkylicious – Adventures of food kind
Emily – No muss, no fuss kind of cooking!
Casey – Eating, Gardening & Living in Bulgari – Dim sum with dipping sauce

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