Halwai November 28, 2023

Ingredients:

• For koftas:
• Paneer – 500 g
• Boiled Potatoes – 3
• Green chillies – 3
• salt
• Crushed Almonds – 1/2 cup
• Raisins – 1/2 cup
• Corn flour – 2 tbsp
• For gravy:
• Onions – 1 cup
• Garlic-ginger paste – 2 tbsp
• Tomatoes – 1/2 cup
• chilli powder – 1 tbsp
• Coriander powder – 1 tbsp
• Turmeric – 1 tsp
• Mawa/Milk powder – 1/2 cup
• Water – 1.5 cups
• Sour Cream – 1/2 cup
• Sugar
• oil

Method:

  1. Mash boiled potatoes, paneer, chopped green chillies, almonds, salt and corn flour together.
  2. Make small round balls and put a few raisins inside each kofta and flatten them.
  3. Heat oil and fry koftas till they are brown in colour.
  4. Drain it and keep it aside in a serving dish.
  5. For the gravy:
  6. Heat oil and fry onion paste for 10 minutes on medium heat.
  7. Add garlic-ginger paste and fry it till it is dry.
  8. Add blended tomatoes and fry it.
  9. Add coriander powder, turmeric, salt, chilli powder and cook for 8-10 mins till all the water dries up.
  10. Mix mawa in water and add this to the pan. Let it boil for 3 minutes.
  11. Add some sour cream till the gravy is thickened. Add sugar to it.
  12. Pour the gravy on the koftas.
  13. Whisk the remaining sour cream and garnish it on top.

Recipe courtesy of Jayati