One of my favorite dishes that I cooked for them was Malai Kofta. Here's the recipe. Try it and let me know if you like it
Ingredients
Half Cup cashew/pista or almonds
4 to 5 chopped chilli
1/4 bunch coriander chopped
2 tbsp coriander pdr
Half Cup cream (Heavy Whipping Cream would be the best bet)
1 tbsp cumin pdr
1 spoon garam masala(MDH Garam Masala)
1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
One Cup Boiled potato
One Cup Mix vegetable
2 tbsp oil
2 onions
2 Tomatoes
One Cup Paneer grated
1 tsp Red Chilli powder
1 tsp sahi jeera
3 to 4 tsp Ghee
Salt to Taste
A Pinch of Turmeric
Directions
For koftas:
1. Mash the potatoes, mixed vegetables, paneer and mix together.
Add the spices to this mash and mix well. The resulting dough should be firm.
You could add Corn Flour to the mix to make the dough firm. Season with salt.
Add ghee to frying pan and fry the nuts. Semi grind the nuts and add this to the
mash. Make this dough into balls. Roll into perfect rounds. Coat it with some
cornflour or all purpose flour.
2. Heat the oil on a medium flame. Deep fry these dough balls till they turn into
pale golden color.
3. Drain on paper towels and keep aside.
For the Gravy
4. First heat the 2 tbsp of oil in a deep pan and fry the onions
till light brown. Add Ginger Garlic paste and Coriander and red chilli powder to
the onions. Grind this to paste
5. Puree the tomatoes after boiling them in water.
6. Heat oil add black cumin·
7. Put this paste back into the pan and fry till the oil begins to separate from the
masala.
8. Add 1 cup of milk( you could add water but limit the water because the gravy has \
to be thick) to this masala to form a sauce/gravy. Mix well. Season with salt.
9. Bring the gravy to a boil and then reduce the fire to a simmer.
10.Add cream, and add finely grated paneer that will give good creamy texture.
11. Gently add the koftas to this gravy and stop cooking .
12. Turn off the fire and sprinkle the garam masala and chopped coriander all over
the top of the dish.
13. Serve hot with Roti or Pulav. Will be wonderful to taste.
