- Put the tomatoes in hot water for 10 minutes. Remove and blend into a puree.
- Blend the onions in a liquidiser with very little water.
- Heat the butter,add the onions and stir fry for 5 minutes till light brown.
- Then add the cloves, cinnamon and paste and fry again for 2 minutes.
- Add the tomato puree and cook for 2 minutes.
- Add 1 teacup of water and boil for 3 to 4 minutes.
- Pour the mixture into a blender, add the cornflour and sugar and blend.
- Put to cook again and add the garam masala, chilli powder, salt and pepper and cook for 5 minutes.
How to proceed. - Arrange the koftas in an ovenproof dish. Pour the gravy and fresh cream over the koftas.
- Sprinkle the grated cheese on top and bake or grill for 10 to 15 minutes in a hot oven at 200 C (400F)
until the cheese melts.
224. Cheesy Sweet Jamuns
Makes about 24
150 gm puffed rice (murmura) - washed and soaked in water for 2 hours.
60 gm mawa
1/4 tsp baking powder
Oil for frying
Stuffing
90 gm Amul Cheese-grated
90 gm mawa
100 gm sugar
1 tbsp cashew nuts-chopped
2 tsp grated coconut
1 tbp raisins-chopped
1tsp chironji-chopped
Syrup
200 gm sugar
3 cups water
1 tbsp milk
1/2 tsp cardamom powder
2 tsp rose essence
Silver foil for decoration
Method
Prepare syrup by boiling together the sugar and water. And milk and remove the scum as it surfaces. Boil till 3
cups of clear syrup are obtained. Remove from fire and flavour with essence and caedamom powder. Keep
aside.
Cook the mawa for stuffing in frying pan till it is golden brown. Add the rest of the ingredents and mix well.
form into small balls and keep separately.
Squeeze out the water from the puffed rice and mix it with the rest of the ingredents for Jamuns except oil.
Knead well and from into as many balls as the number of stuffing balls you have. Flatten out the puffed rice
balls on the plam of your hand and place a mawa ball on it. Fold over adn close sides to make an oval Jamun.
deep fry on low fire till dark brown. Drain well and immerse in warm syrup for an hour. Serve warm
decorated with silver foil.
225. Kofta Lajawab
Koftas
125 gm Amul Cheese - mashed
50 gm cornflour
1/2 tsp pepper powder
Oil for frying