Malai Kofta - Vegan Richa

Created by: Vegan Richa

  

This Restaurant-Style Vegan Malai Kofta recipe is the ultimate Indian comfort food. Picture Crispy potato and chickpea dumplings in a creamy, spiced Indian gravy that will make your tastebuds sing!

About Vegan Richa:

Richa is the award winning recipe developer, blogger, and photographer behind VeganRicha.com. Her instructions are easy to follow and step-by-step photographs welcome the uninitiated into their kitchen as vouched by many. She loves to show people how easy it is to cook vegan Indian or other cuisines. She has been featured on Oprah.com, Huffington Post, Glamour, Babble, VegNews.com, Rediff.com (top 50 Indian food blogs), TheKitchn, Cosmopolitan, BuzzFeed, and many more. Her first book Vegan Richa’s Indian Kitchen, about easy and delicious Indian Vegan recipes, is in stores and is a #1 Best Seller on Amazon.

We do not have the following ingredients available yet:

Koftas: 
(You can use ANY roastable vegetable or a combination of them)

1 cup (210 g) heaping cup cubed potato or 1 cup grated/shredded potato, raw (1 medium potato)
2 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon cornstarch other starch

Curry Sauce: 
(You can use ANY roastable vegetable or a combination of them)

8 cloves of garlic
1 cup (160 g) chopped red onion
1 2cm knob of ginger
1½ teaspoons (7 g) dried fenugreek leaves





You can purchase the following ingredients here:

for the Koftas:

¼ cup (50 g) shelled hemp seeds       OR       pumpkin seeds       OR        almond flour      OR      chopped cashews

1 can chickpeas       OR       ¾ cup dried chickpeas

½ to ¾ teaspoon salt      AND      1 teaspoon garam masala

½ teaspoon ground cumin      AND      ¼ to ½ teaspoon cayenne

3 tablespoons oat flour     OR      3 tablespoons regular flour

a generous pinch of baking soda    

for the Curry Sauce:

(We recommend doubling this recipe)

2 teaspoons neutral oil     AND     ½ teaspoon cumin seeds

½ teaspoon coriander seeds    AND     1 bay leaf

¼ to ½ teaspoon cayenne     AND     ½ teaspoon turmeric

1½ cups (225g) chopped tomato      AND     1 teaspoon Garam Masala

½ to 1 teaspoon salt     AND     ¼ cup (30 g) raw cashews

½ cup (120 ml) unsweetened almond or other non dairy milk

1/2 teaspoon (3 g) sugar     AND     Coconut cream for garnish