Ingredients:

• To make kofta:
• 3 – medium-sized Potatoes
• 1 cup – Paneer
• 2-3 – Green chillies
• 20 g – Cashew nuts
• 1 tsp – chopped Coriander leaves
• 3 tbsp – Ghee
• 3 tbsp – gram flour
• Salt to taste
• To make gravy:
• 2 flakes – Garlic
• 2 tsp – Ginger
• 1/2 cup – Coconut
• 1 – Onion
• 1 – Red Chilli
• 1″ – Cinnamon
• 6 – Cloves
• 6 – Cardamoms
• 1 tsp – Poppy Seeds
• 150 ml – Milk
• Salt to taste
• Ghee
• Oil for frying

Method:

1. To make the kofta:
2. Boil potatoes, peel and mash them.
3. Grind the cashew nuts into a paste.
4. Mix the mashed potatoes, cashew nut paste, grated paneer, chopped green chillies, coriander leaves and salt.
5. Heat ghee in a frying pan, on a low flame.
6. Cook the mixture until it becomes almost dry.
7. Shape them into balls.
8. Make a paste of gram flour, salt and water.
9. Dip the balls in the paste and deep fry them till they become golden-brown.
10. Keep the koftas aside.
11. To make the gravy: Fry chopped garlic, ginger, onion, coconut, cinnamon, cloves, cardamoms, red chilli, one by one .
12. Grind them with the poppy seeds into a fine mixture.
13. Heat ghee and fry this mixture for 10-15 minutes.
14. If it gets sticky, add milk.
15. Pour hot gravy over the koftas just before serving.

Recipe courtesy of Swati