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Stuffed Paneer Kofta Curry
Paneer, cranberry and cashew nut stuffed kofta with a tomato, ginger and fenugreek cream sauce and vegetable pilau rice.
Mukul: "I cook almost every day for the family. Daughter doesn't enjoy my cooking so much. She's only 19 months old. But my wife has given me that confidence that I could come here and put the best of myself on my plate."
Mukul: "Paneer kofta. Paneer is an Indian cottage cheese. I'll be stuffing them with some nuts and some dried cranberries. It'll be served with a creamy tomato based sauce. My mom always cooked koftas for me. I never liked them during my childhood because she'll put some locally grown vegetables in it and I like it now whenever she cooks it. So I just thought I'll take that recipe and just reinvent it, really."
Mukul: "Overall, they were happy with the taste of the dish, so I'm quite happy."
Anna (during cook): "So Mukul is going to make a type of cheese dough with paneer, cheddar cheese cream and corn flour. He's then going to stuff the centre of his koftas with cashew nuts and dried cranberries, then deep fry them and then serve them on a curry sauce. I think the real key element is going to be this wonderful curry sauce. It's got lots going on in there like cinnamon, ginger, garlic, chilli and dried fenugreek. So there's lots of flavours which will be very welcomed with his crispy cheese kofta."
Grace (tasting): "I love the koftas. I love the paneer and the cranberry. The nuts crispy, fluffy and light. That's wonderful."
Anna (tasting): "Your curry sauce is beautiful. The flavor profile that is going on this dish really shows that you have some interesting creative ideas to show us."
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