Aloo kofta

{smug smile}
ingeredients:
4 potatoes
4-5 cashewnuts chopped
1 tbsp raisins
2-3 finely chopped green chillies
1 tsp coriander powder (koottamri)
1 tsp cumin powder (jeera)
1 tsp red-chilli powder
1/2 tsp cardammom powder
Salt To Taste
Ghee (to make paste)
For the gravy:
2 medium onions,chopped
1 garlic flake 1 inch ginger----paste
3 -4large tomatoes,pureed
1/2 tsp garam masala powder
1/2 tsp dhania(corainder) powder
1/2 tsp cumin powder
1/2 tsp Methi powder
2 tsp powdered poppy seeds (gasgase)
1/2 tsp sugar
1 tbsp ground cashewnuts

How to make malai koftha :

• Boil the potatoes till tender.
• Peel, mash and add salt to taste.
• Keep aside.
• Mix all the other ingredients for the kofta into a paste.
• Make rounds of the potato dough and place a little of the prepared mixture in the center of each round. (make the balls thick, they burst otherwise)
  
• Seal the edges and shape into stuffed rounds. Deep fry each kofta till golden brown. Drain and keep aside.
• Blend together the onions, ginger, garlic and the poppy seeds and fry in 3 tbsp of oil till brown and the oil begins to seperate.
• Add the pureed tomatoes and the masala powders.
• Add the methi powder.
  
• Add the sugar and the ground cashews .
• The gravy will begin to thicken.
• You can also add some malai to thicken it some more.
• Mix in some water if necessary.
• When the gravy comes to a boil, add the koftas.
• put in koftas just before eating. make it quick.