Palak Paneer Kofta Curry
Palak Paneer Kofta Curry

Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, palak paneer kofta curry. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Here's something for Palak Paneer lovers - with a healthy twist! This Healthy Palak Paneer Kofta Curry is extremely hard to resist. It has the creamiest balls which aren't deep fried and they're served with the greenest palak curry, just the way it is when you eat outside, but with NO added color! Palak Paneer Kofta Curry is delicious rich nutty paneer and palak balls simmered in spicy creamy cashew tomato gravy.

Palak Paneer Kofta Curry is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Palak Paneer Kofta Curry is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook palak paneer kofta curry using 39 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Palak Paneer Kofta Curry:
  1. Prepare 400 gm spinach
  2. Get 2 Tbs Oil
  3. Get 2 Tbs Butter
  4. Make ready 1/2 Tbs Cumin (Zeera)
  5. Get 1 Tbs Garlic (heaped crushed)
  6. Take 1 Tbs Ginger (heaped crushed)
  7. Prepare 4 Tbs Onion Chopped
  8. Take 1 Tsp Coriander Powder
  9. Take 1 Tsp Salt
  10. Prepare 1 Tbs Red Chilli Flakes
  11. Take 1/2 Tsp Turmeric Powder
  12. Prepare 1 Green Chilli Chopped
  13. Get 1/2 Cup Yogurt
  14. Get 1/4 Tsp Black Salt
  15. Take 225 gm Paneer Cubes (Cottage cheese)
  16. Make ready 2 Tsp Fresh Cream
  17. Get 1 Cup Gram Flour
  18. Take 1 Glass Water
  19. Get 2 Onions medium size
  20. Get 1 Tbs Cashews
  21. Take 1 Tbs Almonds
  22. Prepare 1 Tbs Melon Seeds
  23. Make ready 1 Cup Oil
  24. Take 1 Tbs Ginger garlic green chilli paste
  25. Get 1 Bay leaf
  26. Make ready 1 Stick Cinnamon
  27. Make ready 6-8 Black Pepper Corn
  28. Take 2 Green Chillies
  29. Get 1 Tsp Cumin (Zeera)
  30. Get 2 Green Cardamoms
  31. Take 2 Black Cardamoms
  32. Make ready 6 Button Red Chillies
  33. Get 3 Medium Tomatoes Puree
  34. Make ready 1 Tsp Salt
  35. Make ready 2 Tsp Red Chilli Flakes
  36. Take 1/2 Tsp Turmeric Powder
  37. Get 1 Tsp Coriander Powder
  38. Get 1 Cup Green Peas
  39. Make ready 1 Tbs Butter

Yes, these are not fried and I promise you wouldn't be able to tell the difference. Fusion of Kofta and Palak Paneer is Palak Paneer Kofta Curry. Paneer stuffed in spinach koftas and served hot with spicy and creamy tomato sauce, a yummy and delicious gravy which goes well with roti / Chapati or Naan. Palak Paneer Kofta Curry Preparing Kofta curry always take a little longer time than the other gravies, yet it is so scrumptious.

Steps to make Palak Paneer Kofta Curry:
  1. This recipe is not a usual palak paneer recipe but a twist to it in the form of koftas or fried dumplings that r dunked into a nuts and tomato based gravy. First we have to make koftas : - Making of spinach (palak) puree: - Spinach 400 grams with thin stems Blanch the spinach leaves by putting them in boiling water for 2-3 minutes.Take them out and put them in ice cold water to prevent further cooking and colour change. - Blend palak to make a puree and keep a side.
  2. In a pan heat 2tbsp oil, - Now add 2tbsp butter, - add 1/2 tbsp cumin(zeera), - 1 tbsp heaped crushed garlic, - 1 tbsp heaped crushed ginger, - Sauté it.Now add 4tbsp chopped onion.Cook for 3-4 minutes,when it get pink colour,add 1 tsp coriander powder,1 tsp salt,1 tbsp red chilli flakes,1/2 tsp turmeric powder,1 green chilli chopped,1/2 cup yoghurt, 1/4 tsp black salt, now let it cook. After 5 minutes - Add palak purée, give it a mix - Now add 225 grams of paneer cubes (cottage cheese)
  3. Let it simmer for couple of minutes, when all liquid get dry then add 2 tsp fresh cream, - Allow it to cool down completely.
  4. In a deep pan, dry roast the 1 cup of gram flour. - Roast it till nice aroma n fragrance comes out. - Remove from heat and let it cool down completely.
  5. Add slowly roasted gram flour into prepared palak paneer mixture.To form a soft dough, - Now make round shaped koftas (dumplings) as per ur favourite size.
  6. Heat oil in karahi, and fry dumplings (koftas) - Don't over cook it - Just need to get a nice colour. - Keep aside.
  7. Making of nuts and tomato based curry: - In a sauce pan add 1 glass water, 2 medium sized onions roughly chopped, cashews 1 tbsp, almonds 1 tbsp, melon seeds 1 tbsp.Boil down till it gets soft. - Remove from heat, - Allow it to little bit cool, Now blend it.
  8. In a deep nonstick vok, heat 1 cup oil.Now add 1 tbsp ginger /garlic and green chilli paste, sauté.Now add 1 bay leaf, - 1 stick of cinnamon,black pepper corns 6-8, & 2 green chillies,1tsp cumin(zeera), - 2 green cardamoms, - 2 black cardamoms, - 6 button red chillies.Give it a little mix,
  9. Now add blended onion mixture,cook for 5-7 minutes on medium low heat. - Now add 3 medium tomatoes (puréed), 1 tsp salt,2 tsp red chilli flakes,1/2 turmeric powder,1 tsp coriander powder. - Mix it and cover it.Cook till oil separates.
  10. Boil 1 cup green peas with a sprinkle of salt,now transfer it into ice cold water for its beautiful colour.
  11. Heat 1 tbsp butter in a nonstick pan and roast cashew and almonds to get it's nutty flavour in every bite.
  12. Add prepared koftas in gravy before 5-10 minutes of serving.Add blanched green peas too.
  13. In a serving dish pour prepared palak paneer kofta curry and garnish with nuts,fresh coriander leaves,and sprinkle of lemon juice. - Serve with naan and raita. - Enjoy a royal and fancy vege-dish.

Paneer stuffed in spinach koftas and served hot with spicy and creamy tomato sauce, a yummy and delicious gravy which goes well with roti / Chapati or Naan. Palak Paneer Kofta Curry Preparing Kofta curry always take a little longer time than the other gravies, yet it is so scrumptious. Finally add the cream, honey and the Kasuri methi and stir it into the kofta curry. Add in the pan fried palak paneer koftas, cover the pan and simmer until the curry and flavours get absorbed into the koftas. Adjust the consistency of the palak paneer koftas by adding water if required.

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