Gulab jamun kofta curry recipe: an exotic side dish for chapati, koftas made with Instant gulab jamun mix, and served with a rich onion-tomato-based gravy. Recipe of Gulab Jamun Kofta Curry with step-by-step pictures and detailed video. We generally make Gulab jamun using instant Gulab jamun mix. Once, I did a cookery demo here in Singapore for a popular Gulab jamun mix promotion. In that show, I didn’t show the usual method of making Gulab jamun using instant Gulab jamun mix. I made Gulab jamun mix pakoda, Instant malpua rabdi, and this Gulab jamun kofta curry. These 3 recipes were a huge hit and also i made one more sweet using gulab jamun mix, which i will share later. Do try this gulab jamun kofta curry recipe at home and let me know how it turned out.
Also check out my Malai kofta recipe, low-fat cabbage kofta gravy made in an Appe pan, and the no-onion-garlic Raw banana kofta curry.
Gulab Jamun kofta recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup Instant Gulab jamun mix
- 2 Green chili
- 3 Onion
- Salt as needed
- 2 Tomato
- 7 Cashew nuts
- 5 cloves Garlic
- 2 tbsp oil
- Oil for deep frying
- 1 tsp Red chili powder
- 1 tsp Coriander powder
- 1 tsp Garam masala
- 1 tsp Kasoori methi
- ¼ cup Fresh Cream | milk ¼ cup
- ¾ cup Water for the gravy
Instructions
- In a pan, add 3 tsp of oil. Add 2 roughly chopped onions, a few cashew nuts, and 4-5 garlic pods.
- Sauté till the nuts turn golden brown.
- Cool completely, grind this into a fine paste.
- Puree 2 tomatoes.
- In a wide bowl, add 1 cup Instant gulab jamun mix, 1 chopped onion, 2 chopped green chillis, and salt.
- Sprinkle a little water and make a tight dough.
- Make lemon-sized equal balls.
- Either deep fry in oil or shallow fry, or else you can cook in the appam pan too for a low-fat kofta version.
- Keep this aside, once the koftas have become golden brown. This yielded 10 koftas.
- In a pan, add 1 tblsp oil and add the onion paste.
- Sauté for a minute.
- Add the tomato puree.
- Add 1 tsp red chili powder, 1 tsp coriander powder, and 1 tsp garam masala.
- Add salt as needed.
- Mix well.
- Mix well and add 3/4 cup of water.
- Cover and cook for 5 minutes.
- Add 1/4 cup of milk or fresh cream. If using milk, you can add fresh raw full cream milk.
- Add crushed kasoori methi to this.
- Mix well and switch off the stove.
- Add the koftas 15 minutes before serving. If the gravy has cooled, heat it up and add the koftas.
Video
Notes
- You can add boiled mashed potatoes to the Instant gulab jamun mix while making koftas
- In a pan, add 3 tsp of oil. Add 2 roughly chopped onions, a few cashew nuts, and 4-5 garlic pods.
- Sauté till the nuts turn golden brown.
- Cool completely, grind this into a fine paste.
- Puree 2 tomatoes.
- In a wide bowl, add 1 cup Instant gulab jamun mix, 1 chopped onion, 2 chopped green chillis, and salt.
- Sprinkle a little water and make a tight dough.
- Make lemon-sized equal balls.
- Either deep fry in oil or shallow fry, or else you can cook in the appam pan too for a low-fat kofta version.
- Keep this aside, once the koftas have become golden brown. This yielded 10 koftas.
- In a pan, add 1 tblsp oil and add the onion paste.
- Sauté for a minute.
- Add the tomato puree.
- Add 1 tsp red chili powder, 1 tsp coriander powder, and 1 tsp garam masala.
- Add salt as needed.
- Mix well.
- Mix well and add 3/4 cup of water.
- Cover and cook for 5 minutes.
- Add 1/4 cup of milk or fresh cream. If using milk, you can add fresh raw full cream milk.
- Add crushed kasoori methi to this.
- Mix well and switch off the stove.
- Add the koftas 15 minutes before serving. If the gravy has cooled, heat it up and add the koftas.
- You can add boiled mashed potatoes to the Instant gulab jamun mix while making koftas
- The gravy tends to thicken after adding koftas, so just add 15 minutes before serving
I made this as per your recipe and it came out great. I also made some in air fryer my kids did not like it but it was also ok. 350 for 15 mins turn and flip in the middle.
Thant’s nice to know. Thank you for sharing.