Vegan Malai Kofta
Vegan Malai Kofta

Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, vegan malai kofta. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Vegan Malai Kofta is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Vegan Malai Kofta is something which I have loved my whole life.

The result is the most delicious, richest tasting, better-than-restaurant style vegan malai kofta. This vegan malai kofta will quickly shoot up to one of your favorite dishes. Malai (cream) gravy is super rich, so the best substitute for it is cashew cream.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook vegan malai kofta using 24 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Vegan Malai Kofta:
  1. Make ready 4-5 Potatoes
  2. Get 1 lb extra firm tofu, firm will do as well
  3. Prepare 1/2 cup or as needed corn starch
  4. Take 2 tbsp minced cilantro with stems
  5. Take 1 inch ginger
  6. Prepare 4 green chilli
  7. Make ready 1 tbsp lemon juice
  8. Prepare 1/4 tsp black pepper
  9. Prepare 1 3/4 tsp salt
  10. Take 1 cup frozen green peas
  11. Make ready oil for frying or baking
  12. Prepare Curry Tomato Cream Sauce
  13. Prepare 1 large pink onion, coarsely chopped
  14. Take 4-5 diced tomatoes
  15. Get 1/4 cup cashews
  16. Get 4 cloves garlic, chopped
  17. Prepare 1 " ginger, chopped
  18. Take 1 1/2 tsp garam masala
  19. Get 1 tsp ground turmeric
  20. Prepare 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
  21. Make ready 1 tsp salt
  22. Take 1 (15 oz) can coconut milk
  23. Prepare 1 tbsp kasoori methi (dried fenugreek leaves)
  24. Get Fresh cilantro, for garnish (optional)

This is such an amazing dish for dinner, lunch, meal prep yes make the kofta before and fry later. Tips and tricks for this vegan Malai Kofta Restaurant-Style Vegan Malai Kofta. Malai kofta is a hugely popular dish on Indian restaurant menus all over the world. It is a special occasion food probably because making it is a labor of love and takes time and effort.

Instructions to make Vegan Malai Kofta:
  1. In a large heavy bottomed pot add the onions, tomatoes, cashews, garlic, ginger, garam masala, turmeric, cayenne, and salt.
  2. Cover the pot and bring it to a simmer over medium heat. Let simmer covered for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. This can vary on the variety of tofu. Mix in the frozen peas. Shape the kofta and deep fry.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. When the kofta are cooked, transfer to a paper towel lined plate with a wire strainer.
  12. 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.

Malai (meaning creamy in Hindi) kofta is the perfect vegetarian alternative to meatballs. Malai Kofta is part of Mughlai cuisine, a style of cooking that developed in royal kitchens during the Mughal era in India. Mughlai cuisine is known for its use of rich ingredients including nuts, cream, butter and dried fruit. Malai Kofta is typically made with "malai" which means heavy cream and and koftas, which are deep fried vegetarian. Malai Kofta is a very popular North Indian dish & undoubtedly tops the list of foods ordered at Indian restaurants.

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