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Vegan Malai Kofta (Indian dumplings in Tomato onion curry sauce) This Restaurant-Style Vegan Malai Kofta recipe is the ultimate Indian comfort food. Picture Crispy potato and chickpea dumplings in a creamy, spiced Indian gravy that will make your tastebuds sing! Vegan Malai Kofta These koftas are made from a savory potato-and-tofu mix that gets fried to crispy perfection before being served with a creamy tomato-onion gravy. Kofta are meatballs, and there are variations of them from the Balkans and Middle East through South Asia.
Vegan Malai Kofta is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Vegan Malai Kofta is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have vegan malai kofta using 24 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Vegan Malai Kofta:
- Prepare 4-5 Potatoes
- Prepare 1 lb extra firm tofu, firm will do as well
- Prepare 1/2 cup or as needed corn starch
- Make ready 2 tbsp minced cilantro with stems
- Take 1 inch ginger
- Prepare 4 green chilli
- Get 1 tbsp lemon juice
- Take 1/4 tsp black pepper
- Get 1 3/4 tsp salt
- Get 1 cup frozen green peas
- Take oil for frying or baking
- Get Curry Tomato Cream Sauce
- Take 1 large pink onion, coarsely chopped
- Make ready 4-5 diced tomatoes
- Prepare 1/4 cup cashews
- Take 4 cloves garlic, chopped
- Take 1 " ginger, chopped
- Take 1 1/2 tsp garam masala
- Get 1 tsp ground turmeric
- Make ready 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
- Take 1 tsp salt
- Get 1 (15 oz) can coconut milk
- Take 1 tbsp kasoori methi (dried fenugreek leaves)
- Make ready Fresh cilantro, for garnish (optional)
Grate the tofu and then pulse five to six times in a food processor) ½ cup raw cashews (make a very fine powder in a blender or food processor without adding any water) Take a small sauce pan and heat up a bit of coconut oil, then add minced garlic and diced onions and fry until translucent. Now add in ginger, veggies and spices. Vegan Malai Kofta (Potato Dumplings in Spiced Tomato Sauce) Malai (meaning creamy in Hindi) kofta is the perfect vegetarian alternative to meatballs. It goes very well with naan (tandoor-baked flatbread) or Jeera rice.
Steps to make Vegan Malai Kofta:
- In a large heavy bottomed pot add the onions, tomatoes, cashews, garlic, ginger, garam masala, turmeric, cayenne, and salt.
- Cover the pot and bring it to a simmer over medium heat. Let simmer covered for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Transfer the onion and tomato mixture to a blender and blend until smooth, making sure it's cool down or vent it properly so hot air doesn't build up in the blender.
- Pour the creamy mixture back into the pot and add the coconut milk, reserving little back to serve and crush the methi in your fingers and add to the pot. Mix together and cover the pot and set aside until the kofta are ready.
- In a large mixing bowl, mash the tofu by squeezing it until it becomes creamy and no chunks remain. The texture required of ricotta. Or you can blend it in food processor until smooth.
- Add the mashed potatoes to the mashed tofu along with the corn starch, minced cilantro, lemon juice, ginger chilli paste, black pepper and salt. Mix together and test the consistency by forming a lemon sized ball. It should hold together.
- It can stick to your hands a little, but if it is very sticky or too wet and falling apart, you can add a bit more corn starch.
- This can vary on the variety of tofu. Mix in the frozen peas. Shape the kofta and deep fry.
- To fry the kofta: Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan over medium-low heat. Test the oil temperature with a small piece of the kofta mixture: the oil should bubble around it and the kofta should float to the surface quickly after being dropped in.
- Fry the shaped kofta in batches, and fry until the kofta is a beautiful dark golden brown color, flipping halfway through for even cooking. This should take 5-10 minutes, depending on the temperature of your oil.
- When the kofta are cooked, transfer to a paper towel lined plate with a wire strainer.
- When ready to serve, pour the gravy /sauce over the kofta (only use the amount you will eat in one sitting, as the kofta get soggy once in the sauce), then pour the reserved coconut milk over top the kofta. Garnish with cilantro if desired. Enjoy with Indian flatbread and/or basmati rice.
Vegan Malai Kofta (Potato Dumplings in Spiced Tomato Sauce) Malai (meaning creamy in Hindi) kofta is the perfect vegetarian alternative to meatballs. It goes very well with naan (tandoor-baked flatbread) or Jeera rice. Malai Kofta is a very popular Indian vegetarian dish where balls (kofta) made of potato and paneer are deep fried and served with a creamy and spiced tomato based curry. The literal translation of this dish is malai=creamy/buttery and kofta=spiced balls (in this case made of potatoes and paneer). Malai kofta is a popular vegetarian Indian recipe of fried balls in a rich, creamy sauce.
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