Nargisi Kofta (Not Fried) Curry

Happy Mothers Day to all the Awesome moms out there specially my mom and my sister. Hope you are all having a special treatment today.  Happy 47th Marriage anniversary to my parents too.

Today's dish is very rich in taste but very easy to make it. Nargisi Kofta  is a dish from the Mughlai cuisine. This dish is popular in North India especially  Avadh in Uttar Pradesh. It appears that the Moghul emperors took kofta from Persia to India, serving the variation Nargisi kofta. This koftas basically boiled egg covered in spiced khema and deep fry it so when you open up kofta you will see three colors, Khema color, white egg and yellow york. But to make this in Vegetarian way, I used crushed peas and paneer and potatoes to give three colors. And above all its not deep fried, I cook it in paniyaram pan. . It's easy and yet elegant , rich dish to serve at a get together or even enjoy for family diner too.

Ingredient for Koftas:

3 boiled potatoes

1/4 cup boiled and mashed green peas

1/4 cup crumbled paneer

pinch of cardamon powder

1 green chili chopped

3 tbsp corn flour or starch

salt to taste

Method:

Take three bowls.
In one bowl mashed green peas with green chili in it , add salt mix it and leave it aside

In another bowl , add paneer, add salt and cardamom powder.

In third bowl , add mashed potatoes, add salt and mix it and keep aside.

Now first take potato mixture, add tsp of paneer in it, then add peas and make a small ball. Do with everything and keep it aside.
Roll it in cornstarch mixture and shake excess of it.
Now heat up Paniyarapam pan, add little oil in every holes and put those balls in it and cook it from all the side. You can deep fry it too.

Ingredients for Gravy:

2 onion

2 tomato puree 2 tbsp ready made tomato puree

2 tsp khas khas (poppy seeds)

6 big cashews

1/2 tsp shahi jeera

1 tsp ginger, garlic and chili paste

salt to taste

1 tsp garam masala

1 tsp turmeric powder

1 tsp red chili powder

salt to taste

1 tsp crushed kasoori methi

1/4 cup Evaporated milk or heavy cream

3 tsp oil

Method:

In a blender add onion, khas khas, shahi jeera, cashews and little water to make a paste.

Heat a non stick pan. Add oil in it.

Add the onion paste and cook till it becomes dry and raw smells gone.

Add turmeric powder and mix it .

Add ginger , garlic paste, garam masala, red chili powder, salt and mix it,

Add tomato puree and cook for 1 minute, add kasoori methi in it.

Now add enough water to make gravy. cook it till it reaches to nice thick one.

Add Evaporated milk or heavy cream, mix it and just cook for two minutes.

At the time of serving heat up gravy and pour over koftas.

Serve it with naan, jeera rice, parathas and raita.

gravy is done.

add koftas in it.

serve it.

BTW its looks like this from inside.

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