Ok I'm superbly tired and he is in a mood to have something different preferably paneer but not order from a restaurant... Now cummon, I had a rather long day after an even longer day.....
So I pick up the dish with minimal cutting and frying involved.... Paneer in gravy.... Here's the recipe:
Ingredients :
Paneer 250 g _ diced in cubes
Onions 3 medium sized. Diced not chopped
Tomatoes 3 medium sized diced
Green chillies 2
Garlic cloves : 4 to 5 large
Ginger : an inch cut.
Oil to cook : 3 tablespoons
Water
Milk 1/2 cup
Dry Red chillies solid : 2
Red chilli powder : 1/2 teaspoon
Bay leaves : 2
Cumin seeds : 1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder : 1 teaspoon
Salt to taste.
Now let's cook :
On the stove put a pan and add a tablespoon of oil. Once its warm add onions. Cook them for about 3 mins or till they turn golden. Now add tomatoes garlic ginger and green chilli. Cook for another 4 mins or till the tomato soften. Now add a cup of water and bring to boil. Turn the heat to medium and let the mixture cook for 10 mins. Turn off the heat and let it cool.
Once cool, use a blender to make a smoothie.
Now put a pan on the stove and add a tablespoon of oil. Add the Cumin seeds, red chilli and bay leaf. Temper the spices, now add turmeric powder and let it cook for a minute. To this add the onion mixture and bring to boil. simmer the gas and let the curry cook for 10 mins. Add water if the curry is too thick. Now add milk and red chilli powder and salt. Stirring continuously cook for 5 mins. Now all you have to do is add paneer chunks and cook for another minute.
Garnish with coriander leaves and serve....
Bon Apetit
One little tip: The gravy tends to have the water separated so don't add too much water
Hello Mam,
ReplyDeleteI am sure Varun is a lucky guy and he must have already acknowledged that.
I love taking pictures of whatever new recipe I try. Your blog has inspired me to do the something similar. I make a similar paneer dish with some twists. Three tips to make it even more rich and tasty:
1. You can use cream instead of milk. That makes the gravy even richer. If you are watching your waistline, milk is fine.
2. Before you put anything into the oil, sauté some cashew nuts and cook until the rawness of cashews are gone. Put them aside and blend it along with the gravy mixture. Makes gravy taste even better. Gives a buttery/nutty taste.
3. After the paneer dish is all done, put 1 tbsp of kausturi methi leaves into it. Just rub it in between palms before adding it to the gravy. This gives an amazing flavor.
My two cents…. to your already amazing recipe….
Pushpita
Thanks pushpita for the tips.... I make that version of the gravy too but it becomes a lill too heavy for a 10 pm dinner ;)
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