Paneer Kofta - Penguin Books Australia

Ingredients

• 1 slice of bread, crusts removed
• 500g paneer, crumbled
• 1 tsp salt
• 3 tbsp chopped fresh coriander
• 5 green chillies, chopped (fewer if you don’t like it too hot), plus 2 whole green chillies, to garnish
• 1 clove, ground
• ¼ tsp each freshly roasted and ground cardamom and cassia bark (or 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon)
• 1 small white onion, finely chopped
• 1 egg, beaten
• vegetable oil, for deep-frying
• 5 tbsp vegetable oil
• 2 dried red chillies, broken in half
• 2 cloves
• 1 green cardamom pod
• 3 onions, chopped
• 1½ tsp ginger paste
• 1½ tsp garlic paste
• ¼ tsp ground turmeric
• 2 tsp ground coriander
• 2 tbsp tomato purée