Paneer Kofta recipe

Paneer Kofta recipe

Ingredients:
For kofta:
Paneer 100 gm
Potato medium 2
Green chili 2 (or as per taste)
Green coriander 2 tbs
Salt as per taste
Garam masala 1/2 tbs
Red chili powder 1/4 tbs
All purpose flour 4/5 tbs

For Gravy
Cumin seeds 1/2 tbs
Onion 1 medium

Tomato 2 medium
Ginger/ garlic paste 2 tbs
Cinnamon stick 1 small
Cloves 3
Green cardamon 3
Black pepper 6/7
Bay Leaf 1
Cashew   9/10
Turmeric 1/4 tbs
Salt as per taste
Red Chili powder
Ketchup 1 tbs
Cumin/ coriander powder 2 tbs

Recipe:
Lets start with the preparation of kofta.
1. For this we need to mash the paneer well and the keep it in a stainer so that paneer do not contain any moisture.
2. Boil potato and keep aside until it becomes cool and then peel and mash them.
3. Add paneer and all the ingredients mentioned above except flour for kofta and mil well.
4. Finally add flour 1 tbs at a time and knead the dough and make small ball and keep them aside.
5. Heat pan and put oil for sallow fry and put those small ball in oil and fry until golden. (Note: Oil should be heated at high flame first and when kofta are added then reduce the flame to medium.)

Now lets make preparation for gravy:
1. For gravy heat pan and put oil in it around 1 tbs. Add cumin seeds in it and let it fry until golden brown.
2. Put bay leaf, cardamon, cinnamon, black paper, cloves and stir for 30 sec and then add roughly chopped onion and fry for about 1/2 min and then add roughly chopped tomato, cashew, salt.
3. When tomato get little soft then turn off the flame and let it cool for some time and then make fine paste out of it.

Final step:
Again heat oil in a pan add ginger garlic paste and cook for 2/3 min and then add red chili powder stir and immediately add paste we just made. Add some water, adjust salt as per taste, coriander/cumin powder and then let it cook until oil separate at top.
Off the flame and either pour the gravy in the fried kofta  or put kofta's in the gravy and delicious paneer kofta is ready to serve.