Paneer kofta very soft , delicious and super healthy.
No potato, No maida, No cornStarch, No baking powder/baking soda.
No deepfry, no shallow fry
Very simple and healthy Airfryer recipe .
It is very rich , creamy and delicious dish because
koftas made from Paneer which is stuffed with dryfruits and gravy is made from cashew , tomato and whole spices. It goes
well with chapati, naan , poori and parantha.
Try this healthy and delicious recipe and share it with your friends and family.
Ingredients
For Koftas
1 cup grated Paneer
A pinch of salt
For Stuffing
Some Cashews and some raisins
Oil for greasing
For curry
For puree
1/4 cup Kaju (cashew)
1 tbsp Poppy seeds (khas-khas)
2 medium size tomatoes
1 small onion
1 green chilli
A small piece of ginger
1 tbsp oil
1/4 inch cinnamon stick
2 clove
1/4 tsp cumin seeds
4-5 coriander seeds
For Curry
1/2 cup of water or as required
3-4 tbsp cream
A pinch of cardamom powder
1 tsp garam masala powder
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp red chili powder (also can use kashmiri chili powder)
3/4 tbsp sugar
1/2 tbsp salt (or as per taste)
2 tbsp oil
Method
In a plate / bowl , add grated paneer and salt . Mix well. Knead the mixture for 3-4 minutes, until it become soft.
In a bowl, take some raisins and cashew. (You can add coconut powder in stuffing).
Divide the dough into equal parts and give each part a round shape of ball.
Grease your palm lightly with oil/ghee.
Take one ball and flatten it in the center and put 2 raisns and 1-2 cashews pieces and carefully
wrap from all the side and make round ball.
Repeat the process with other balls and make koftas.
Airfryer time.
no preheat.
You don't require to preheat airfryer .
Just set 160 C for 5 minutes. and keep koftas in airfryer.
after 5 minutes turn and keep it for 2-3 minutes more at same temperature.
Now just for light brown color keep koftas for 2-3 minutes at 180 C.
Since we are not adding any potato, maida or cornstarch, so we don't need to cook for long time.
Your super soft paneer koftas are ready.
Gravy
Add all puree ingrdients and add some water. cooked it on medium gas until it become soft and cooked.
After it cooled down , make puree.
While making puree add some water if required. Since we have cashews, so for cooking and blending we need some water.
Heat the oil and butter in a pan on medium heat. Add
some turmeric powder, red chili powder and garam masala . Saute for few seconds. Prepared puree, sprinkle salt and mix. Let it cook till all the
moisture is evaporated and it starts to leave the sides of the pan.
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Add some water and cooked again for 2-3 minutes.
- Add sugar and cooked it for 4-5 minutes on slow gas.
- Add cream and cook it for 2-3 minutes.
- Sprinkle some cardamom powder.
Gravy is ready . turn off the gas.
Take serving dish. Add koftas and cover the koftas with hot gravy. Garnish with some cream /paneer. Enjoy
Since koftas are very soft , so you don't need to cook in th gravy.
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