Cottage Cheese Balls with Thick Gravy (Malayi Kofta)

Ingredients................

For Cottage cheese balls (kofte)...........

1. Boiled potato- 5 small mashed
2. Corn Flour- 1 cup
3. Salt - 1/2 tbsp
4. Grated cottage cheese (paneer)- 1/2 cup
5. Oil for fry- 1 cup

For filling...............

1. Grated cheese- 1/4 cup
2. Raisins- 10-15

For Gravy.............

1. Onion Paste- 1 cup http://noopurnikhil.blogspot.com/2011/02/onion-paste.html
2. Oil- 7 tbsp
3. Tomato paste- 1/2 cup
4. Cashew paste- 1/4 cup
5. Thick Cream (milk optional)- 1/4 cup
6. Red chili powder- 1/2 tbsp
7. Coriander powder- 1 tbsp
8. Mango powder- 1/4 tbsp
9. Turmeric powder- 1/2 tbsp
10. Kasoori methi- 2 tbsp crushed
11. Corn starch- 1 tbsp dissolved in water
12. Water- 1 cup(according to you)

Method................

• Mix all ingredients like - boiled potato, salt, grated cheese (paneer) and corn starch, make a smooth dough, now take a small ball and fill in middle raisin and cottage cheese(paneer) and roll it like a oval shape.




• Heat the wok and pour 1 cup oil and fry all cottage cheese balls(Kofte) till golden brown.


• Now heat the wok again, add 7 tbsp oil after 1 min add onion paste, Fry bout 2 min then add tomato paste and fry again 3 min.......


• Now add dry spices like coriander powder, mango powder, turmeric powder, red chili powder and fry till thick now add cashew paste, kasoori methi, corn starch paste and cream......


• After 2 min add water and cover the lid, cook about- 5 min or 2 whistle.

• Place the cottage cheese balls in serving bowl and pour the ready gravy on it and keep in microwave for 1 min.

• Now leave it for 1/2 hour Cottage cheese balls with thick gravy is ready to serve .