Namaste,
I am Nisha Madhulika.
Today we'll make veg nargisi kofta curry.
It is generally made in parties and special occasions.
Special paneer koftas
drowned in rich gravy with whole spices.
You will love it alot.
You will want to make it often.
Let's start!
Take 250 grams of paneer,
we have to make the paneer smooth.
Making it by hand will take much time
but blending in grinder
will smoothen it quickly.
Crumble it and put it in.
We blended the paneer
and look it has become smooth and soft.
This 250 grams of paneer
separate 50 grams of paneer from it.
Mix some spices in it,
1/4 teaspoon of salt
or as per taste,
1/4 teaspoon of turmeric powder,
1/4 teaspoon of red chilli powder,
mix them well.
It has mixed well,
now add
1 tablespoon of chopped raisins
and 1 tablespoon of chopped cashew.
Mix them well.
The stuffing is ready.
Now take the remaining paneer,
add 1/3 teaspoon of salt
or as per taste
and 4 tablespoons of corn flour.
Mix them well.
It has mixed well
and came to a dough.
It is very smooth.
Now break small balls for koftas.
I have divided it into 10 parts.
Now take the stuffing mixture
and make small balls of this mixture.
Balls should be very small,
should be of this small size.
Make balls from all the dough.
We need 10 balls.
Stuffing balls are ready.
Now take these paneer balls,
pick up one ball
and round it like this.
Press it a little
and give it the shape of a cup.
It's done.
Put one stuffing ball in it.
And pick up paneer from all sides and close it.
Now give it an oval shape.
Make it like this.
Assemble all the koftas like this.
All the koftas are assembled.
Now to coat them let's make refined flour solution.
4 tablespoons of refined flour,
a little water
and mix it well.
First add a little less water
and finish all the lumps.
The solutionis ready,
it is neither very thin, nor a very thick solution.
The consistency is running,
add a little salt,
approx 1/4 teaspoon.
1/4 teaspoon of freshly crushed black pepper,
it gives a great taste.
The solution is ready.
For coating we grinded soya chunks.
Grinded 1 cup of soya chunks in a mixer.
Now put one kofta in the solution,
pick it up with a fork.
By this the extra batter will go back in the bowl,
now put this kofta in the soya crumbs.
Coat it nicely,
it has coated from all the sides.
We need a thick coating on it,
so coat it again.
Again put it in the solution
and dip it well.
Now again put it in the crumbs
and coat it nicely.
Coat all the koftas the same way.
The second kofta,
coat it the same way.
First coating
and now dip it again,
the second coating.
We coated all the koftas.
Keep it like this for 10-15 minutes.
To fry them we preheated the oil,
put a piece of paneer in it,
good bubbles are coming.
Oil is hot, to fry them we need medium-high hot oil.
Put them in to fry.
Let them fry for 1 minute.
Keep the flame medium-high.
Bubbles have reduced,
turn them a little.
While frying the koftas remember,
oil should be hot enough.
Put the koftas in the oil,
flame should also be medium or medium-high.
The koftas fry quickly.
As the mixed ingredients are already cooked.
We just have to fry the coating,
till it becomes a little brown.
If you'll fry them in less hot oil and for a long time,
then paneer will melt and come out.
See such a good colour has come on it,
now take them out.
Fry the remaining koftas the same way.
All the koftas are fried.
Let's make gravy.
2-3 tablespoons of oil
and heat it.
Oil has heated,
add some whole spices to it.
Reduce the flame to low,
2 bayleaf,
1 inch cinnamon,
3 cloves,
7-8 black pepper
and seeds of big cardamom.
These seeds tastes great in gravy.
1/4 teaspoon of cumin seeds,
1/2 teaspoon of turmeric powder,
1.5 teaspoon of coriander powder.
Roast them a little
and add fenugreek leaves,
1 tablespoon,
crush them a little
and remove the thick stems.
Fenugreek leaves roasts with spices
and taste great.
Take 2 tomatoes,
1 green chilli
and 1/2 inch of ginger,
make a paste and put it in.
Turn up the flame to medium
and roast the spices.
Add 1 teaspoon of kashmiri red chilli powder.
It is added after adding the paste.
Now roast it,
stir it once in a while.
Keep the flame medium
and roast it till oil separates from it.
Take 10-12 cashews
and 2 tablespoons of melon seeds.
We soaked them in water for half an hour.
Make a fine paste of it.
Look, within 5 minutes oil has separated from the spices.
A very good aroma is coming.
Now add the cashew and melon seeds paste
to the spices.
Pour some water in the jar.
Now again roast the spices with this paste.
Look, the oil is separating from the spices.
It has roasted,
to add more taste to it add 1 tablespoon of butter.
I've made the gravy from cashew and melon seeds,
You can make it with
cream, malai, mawa
or a normal gravy
with onion and tomato,
as you like.
And you can watch the video for making gravy on my channel.
Now add 1 cup of water to it.
Gravy is very thick,
add 1/2 more cup of water.
And we haven't put salt in it yet.
3/4 teaspoon of salt
or as per taste.
1/4 teaspoon of garam masala
and a little
coriander leaves.
Mix it well.
Cover and cook it at low flame for 4-5 minutes.
We cooked it for 5-6 minutes.
Look,
the texture of gravy is perfect.
A very good smell is coming,
it is cooked.
Cut the kofta
and look.
Now let's serve it.
The gravy
and the nargisi koftas.
Garnish it with some coriander leaves.
Veg nargisi kofta curry is ready.
How do you like it?
You will know the taste only when you make it.
You won't face any problem in making it.
Remember 2 things,
mash the paneer well
and while frying the kofta,
make sure the oil is medium-high hot
and flame is also medium-high.
You will make very good veg nargisi kofta curry.
You can serve it with chapati,
lachcha paratha
or naan.
This much curry is sufficient for 4-5 members of the family.
So you must make and have it
and share your experiences with me.
And let me know what should I make next for you.
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