Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Healthy Baked Paneer Kofta Curry


In Kofta curry koftas are normally deep fried in oil and lots of cream added due to which it becomes a high fat curry. I have come up with a low fat version of Kofta Curry which is healthy yet tasty.
I call it healthy and low fat because in this recipe we use low fat paneer(cottage cheese), less amount of khoya and koftas are baked instead of deep frying, and almond paste added instead of cream. So this is the healthy version of Malai Kofta.

Video Recipe:


Ingredients:
 Kofta Balls:
2 Boiled Potatoes
1 tbsp Khoya/mawa/thickened milk solids
200 gm low fat Paneer(cottage cheese)
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp chilli powder
1/2 tsp  garam masala
 Gravy:
5 medium sized tomatoes cut into pieces and pureed
1 big onion paste
1 tsp of coriander powder
1/2 tsp of cumin powder
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
1 tsp dried kasuri methi
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp chilli powder 
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup of almonds soaked and make a paste of it
1/2 tsp garam masala 
1 tbsp freshly chopped coriander leaves
Procedure:
Kofta Balls:
Mash the potatoes, add paneer, khoya, salt and chilli powder, garam masala powder and mix the ingredients to make dough. Add 1 or 2 tsp of rice flour if the moisture content is more and difficult to make balls.
Make balls out of the dough and coat them with a little amount of oil and place them on a baking tray lined with greased baking sheet . Bake them in the preheated oven at 180 C till the balls become brown in colour.
Gravy:
Heat 3 tsp of oil and add onion paste. Fry it till it is brown in colour, then add ginger garlic paste, some salt, coriander powder, cumin powder, chilli powder, turmeric powder fry for a while.
Gradually add tomato puree 1 tbsp at a time and fry till it separates the oil.
Add almond paste and cook for a while. Add garam masala and add a little water to make gravy consistency and let it boil. Add coriander leaves and switch off the flame and keep it aside.
Serving:
Just before serving place the kofta balls in the serving dish and pour the hot gravy on top of it. Enjoy it with rice/roti/pulao/puri/paratha etc.

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