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I am starting off with one of our favorite vegetarian dishes - Paneer butter masala. We love to have it with flour tortillas. You can also have it with Naan or Roti.
The following recipe serves 2 to 3.
The following recipe serves 2 to 3.
INGREDIENTS
Paneer - 15 to 20 pieces (cubed)
Onion - 1 (large)
Tomato - 1 (medium size)
Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tbsp
Green Chillies - 1 (to taste)
Chilly powder - 1 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Cumin powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Garam Masala powder - 1 tsp
Kasturi Methi (dried Fenugreek leaves) - 1 tbsp
Fresh Cream (or Regular half and half) - 3 tbsp
Coriander leaves - 5 sprigs
Tomato ketchup - 1 tbsp (optional)
Whole Garam Masala (Cardamom -1, Cloves-3, Cinnamon stick - 1.5 inch)
Oil - 2 tbsp
Food color(orange/red) - a pinch(optional)
Butter - 1 tbsp
Salt - to taste
METHOD
1) Heat the oil in a pan and add the chopped onions. Then add turmeric powder. Cook the onions until they become translucent. Add salt to the onions to cook them faster.
2) Add Ginger garlic paste and green chillies and cook till the raw smell disappears.
3) Now add the chopped tomatoes, chilly powder, coriander powder and cumin powder and cook for 5 minutes.
4) Remove the pan from the heat and let it cool for 5 minutes. Then grind the mixture in a blender to a paste. Let the mixture cool.
5) In the same pan, add the butter and fry the whole Garam masala and the cumin seeds.
6) Add the blended mixture to the pan. Now add the paneer cubes to the mixture and cook for 5 minutes in medium flame.Use milk instead of water to dilute the gravy,this will make the gravy rich. In the meantime, crush the kasturi methi leaves in your palm, add it to the gravy and mix. This will give a very nice buttery flavor to your gravy.
7) Add the fresh cream and ketchup (this gives a nice tang to the gravy) and stir. Then add the garam masala and mix well.Mix the food color with a tsp of milk and add it to the gravy.
2) Add Ginger garlic paste and green chillies and cook till the raw smell disappears.
3) Now add the chopped tomatoes, chilly powder, coriander powder and cumin powder and cook for 5 minutes.
4) Remove the pan from the heat and let it cool for 5 minutes. Then grind the mixture in a blender to a paste. Let the mixture cool.
5) In the same pan, add the butter and fry the whole Garam masala and the cumin seeds.
6) Add the blended mixture to the pan. Now add the paneer cubes to the mixture and cook for 5 minutes in medium flame.Use milk instead of water to dilute the gravy,this will make the gravy rich. In the meantime, crush the kasturi methi leaves in your palm, add it to the gravy and mix. This will give a very nice buttery flavor to your gravy.
7) Add the fresh cream and ketchup (this gives a nice tang to the gravy) and stir. Then add the garam masala and mix well.Mix the food color with a tsp of milk and add it to the gravy.
8) Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve.
You can also add in green peas instead of the paneer in step 6 to make peas masala.
To make Mutter Paneer Masala, add both the paneer cubes and green peas in step 6.
I use frozen green peas.
We enjoyed this dish and there was some gravy left out. I figured out a way to turn the leftover into a yummy meal, which I named Cheesy encounters (yeah...the name of this blog was inspired by this dish).
Watch my blog for the Cheesy encounters recipe .....coming up next...
You can also add in green peas instead of the paneer in step 6 to make peas masala.
To make Mutter Paneer Masala, add both the paneer cubes and green peas in step 6.
I use frozen green peas.
Try this recipe and let me know how it turned out !!!
We enjoyed this dish and there was some gravy left out. I figured out a way to turn the leftover into a yummy meal, which I named Cheesy encounters (yeah...the name of this blog was inspired by this dish).
Watch my blog for the Cheesy encounters recipe .....coming up next...
WoW! Someone bites the dust!! A blog on cooking,really great.Will try the recipe and let u know the results!!
ReplyDeleteawesome recipes Anu :-)
ReplyDeleteHi Anu, I really like the page set up..Picture is good and the recipe looks delish too.. Yum yum.. And congrats to you for actually starting to write a blog. That is something that I have been trying to do for more than a year now. I started one, even , but never went anywhere on that..Maybe you can be my inspiration.. Good work.Post regularly, and build the content. Spread the word around.
ReplyDeletelol........ Last thing expected!!! Who would've thought!!!! Good to see you alive on the net.... .. Do you plan to try baking a cake? If you do, will you pls post some easy recipes on that?
ReplyDeleteWell well well... Someone has got more thn sufficient time in her hands. But still a passion to cook is always welcome. And all of them dishes look great. I personally liked yor venture into Indian sweets. Great going. Mom will be proud. I also feel sorry for you on the other hand where you cannot eat all of what you cook, keeping in mind the chick pea flour allergy. And is that the salt and pepper box that we gifted you? My preparation. Try this. We make idlis right, lets say its to monotonous to eat it the regular way, I tried this and It tasted good. Break the big idlis into smaller chunks (same size as the paneer)Take a non stick thava, add sufficient oil. Lets say 5 tea spoons. Take the idli molaga podi that you took from home, add it on the the pan after the oil heats up. Add 4 tea spoons of it for a 4 idli break up. Fry it on simmer. It tastes good.
ReplyDeleteHey Wats this!! going Mallika Badrinath way huh??
ReplyDeleteSay the truth Vasanth made all this right?!!
Anyways.. good :) keep it up.
Thank you all....will be updating the cheesy encounters recipe tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteHey Anu, great idea this to blog on recipes. Sure this one will go places. I dont cook but will try one of those yummy recipies of yours and let ya know.. till then cheerz and happy cooking. Wish ya a very happy valentines...
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