Paneer Kofta dipped in Red Gravy

Rainy season weekend calls for some exotic lunch menu. But in the busy lifestyle often we are short of time or ingredients and often end up ordering food from outside or eating something very simple normal food. So here is Paneer Kofta curry which actually don't require any fancy ingredients. In case you have Aloo, Paneer and other basic veggies you can easily make them.  Kofta in this is deep fried you can make it air fryer or appam pan as well. 

Note this curry has no cheese, no cashewnuts, no khoya, no cream etc. You can surely add them to add richness but I avoided them all to make the curry light. Its a very simple curry yet tasty goes very well with rice, paratha or roti. 




Ingredients: 

Paneer Kofta 

  • 1 cup boiled smash Aloo's (potatoes)
  • 1 cup grated paneer 
  • 1/2 bread crumbs 
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 teaspoon of green chili paste 
  • 1/2 teaspoon of garam masala powder 
  • 1/2 teaspoon of dal chini/cinnamon powder 
  • 2 tablespoon of chopped dhania 
  • Oil for frying 

Gravy 

  • 4 onion 
  • 4 tomatoes
  • Finely chopped veggies one cup - French beans, capsicum, carrot
  • 1 teaspoon of ginger garlic paste
  • 1.5 teaspoon of Kashmiri Chili powder
  • 1.5 teaspoon of dhania jeera powder 
  • 1 teaspoon of garam masala powder
  • 1.5 teaspoon of kasuri methi 
  • 1 tej patta
  • 2 cloves 
  • 2 tablespoon of oil 
  • 1 tablespoon of ghee
  • Salt to taste 


Method:

Making of Kofta 

  • In a big bowl add smash aloo, paneer, bread crumbs, salt, green chilli paste, garam masala and dalchini powder and dhania leaves 
  • Mix all the ingredients well and make small round balls. In case if the mixture is loose add some more bread crumbs 
  • Heat the oil in a pan for frying and fry all the koftas and keep them ready

Making of the gravy

  • In a thick bottom pan, heat 2 tablespoon of oil, 1 tablespoon of ghee then add 1 tej patta and 2 cloves 
  • Now add 1 teaspoon of ginger garlic paste, 1/2 teaspoon of Kashmiri chilli powder and chopped veggies. Add half cup water and salt of veggies portion only. Cook the veggies on a low flame. 
  • In the meantime, in a mixture grinder add 4 onion and 4 tomatoes. Add 1 teaspoon of Kashmiri chili powder, 1.5 teaspoon of dhania jeera powder, 1 teaspoon of garam masala powder and salt of the gravy part
  • Now make the fine paste of the gravy. Put this paste in the cooked veggies of the pan. 
  • Cook the gravy for 15 to 20 mins on a low flame till it leaves oil.  This boiling of the gravy is important as I don't boil onion tomatoes before making gravy. Yes boiling them makes them tasty but if you make it this way the gravy will be equally tasty. 
  • Lastly add kasuri methi. Cook for 2 mins and Serve the curry with the Paneer Kofta. 




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