Shahi Paneer

Ingredients

Paneer -250 gm

Onions -2 (chopped)

Tomatoes -3 large or 4 medium

Ginger garlic paste – 2 tsp

Red chilli powder – 2 tsp

Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp

Coriander powder – 1 tbs

Garam masala – 1 tsp

Whole garam masala ( cinnamon stick 1 inch, cardamom 3, cloves 2 )

Cumin seeds – ½ tsp

Bayleaf - 1

Yogurt – 3 tbs

Cashewnut – fistful

Milk/cream – Few tablespoons or as per your taste

Water

Ghee/butter/oil

Kasoori methi leaves – 1 ½ tspp ( toasted)

Coriander leaves

salt 

Method

In a pan add oil and when it’s warm add in  cumin seeds and when it sputters add the whole garam masala and bayleaf. Fry for a minute or so.

Add chopped onions and saute until it’s light brown.

Add ginger garlic paste and saute until raw smell goes.

Add red chilli powder, turmeric and coriander powder  and saute for few seconds making sure not to burn the  masala.

Add chopped tomatoes,salt  and cook covered until tomatoes are mushy

Add in  cashewnuts and saute for few seconds and then remove from fire.

Once it’s cold grind this to a smooth paste. Your gravy  sauce is ready.

In another pan add some oil and pour the gravy. Add in yogurt and  milk / cream.

Add paneer cubes  and  kasoori methi leaves  to the gravy. Add boiling water to adjust the consistency of the  gravy and cook for few minutes  for the  paneer  to suck up  the flavour.

Add garam masala and   finely chopped coriander leaves and remove from fire.

Finally add butter and a dollop of cream on top of the gravy if desired.

Chilli paneer with step by step pictures

When I go to a restaurant there are some dishes which   never bothered  to order. Chilli paneer is one such thing . A few of my   friends here have been telling me that  there are  some Indian restaurants around where they  serve very good chilly paneer. But nope.. I still didn't want to taste it ! Wondering what changed now ? Since my parents are here on holiday ,I have been cooking a lot for them and the  other day when  I was cooking  my paneer butter masala  my Amma asked me whether I know how to make chilli paneer. I used to think that chilli paneer is popular only in my age group and is a relatively new thing, but she told me that years ago  when I was a school girl , our family went for a holiday somewhere and we ordered chilli paneer from a restaurant along with roti . She said she loved it so much and the taste of  that chilli  paneer is something she can never forget. ! Well after that  I had to rethink about tasting chilly paneer just to see what was the hype was about and thats how decided to go ahead make this especially for my Amma:) And the verdict ....yes I loved it too. Now when  I want to make a dry paneer dish I don't have to always rely on kadai paneer, infact I liked it better than kadai paneer :) So if you are paneer fan and like Indo chinese food, this is the kind of dish for u.

Ingredients

For marinade and frying 

Paneer - 250 gm

Maida/ plain flour - 4 tbs

Cornflour - 2 tbs

Ginger garlic paste - 1 1/2 tsp

Salt

Pepper - 1/2 tsp

Water - 1/4-1/2 cup

Oil for shallow frying 

For sauce

Onion - 2 medium ( cubed )

Capsicum/ pepper - 1

Green chillies - 2( cut diagnoly )

Minced ginger - 1 tsp

Minced garlic - 1tsp

Tomato sauce/ tomato ketchup - 3 tbs

Soya sauce - 2 tbs

Chilly garlic sauce - 2  tbs

Salt 

Cornflour - 1 tbs

Water - 3 tbs

Method

• In a bowl add Plainflour, cornflour, salt,pepper, ginger garlic paste and water and make a batter ( thick enough to coat the paneer )                                                                                                 

• Dip the paneer in the batter and shallow fry them in a pan adding oil flipping the sides until they are golden brown. Drain it on paper towel / kitchen tissue and keep it aside.                                     

•    In the same pan add minced ginger, minced garlic and fry for 1-2 minutes.                          

   

• Add cubed onions  and chopped green chillies and saute until onions are soft.                                   

           

• Add tomato sauce.                                                                                                              
  
             

                        

• Add soya sauce .                                                                                                                          
  
   
• Add chilly garlic sauce and cook for few minutes until oil starts to separate.                                                                                                              

• Add chopped capsium and stir for 1-2 minutes.                                                                    
  
                                                                             
• Now add the fried paneer cubes and coat it in the sauces and cook it covered for 3- 5 minutes.                                                                                                                                 
  

• Finally dissolve 1 tbs of corn flour in 3 tbs of water and pour this to the paneer and mix well. Cook for another 1-2 minute and turn of the flame.                                                                
  
  
  
  Enjoy !!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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Paneer mutter masala

We were on holidays last week in Barcelona (Spain) and it has been amazing.We escaped from 5 days of U.K's wet weather to glorious sunshine ! Spain has so much to offer but we decided only to go to Barcelona and have a relaxing 5 days and not to run around from place to place..
Sagrada familia a church by Gaudi who is a famous architect impressed us a lot,he is genious who has contiributed so many precious buildings to the city, and all his works are unique and mindblowing.The sandy beaches in barcelona reminded me of beaches we have back home.Barcelona has some mountains to climb if you are into hiking,but we being lazy decided to take cable car to the top of one mountain and it was lil A's first cable car ride and he was super excited ! Dolfin show and sea lion show in barcelona zoo was another highlight of our trip,eventhough I knew that dolfins are famous for it intelligence I didnt expect this much from them !The food in barcelona was amazing,I thoroghly enjoyed paella,which is a spanish favourite and Tapas which is kind of their starters...this is the first time in a long time I didn't miss my food ! First recipe that i checked after coming back was for spanish paella,and has bookmarked few of them,will try them soon and will be here soon :)The language was bit of a problem,most of them don't speak or understand English and we were not prepared for that, first night after we landed we went to a restaurant for dinner and everything in the menu was in spanish and we didn't understand a single word of it,finally we ordered something without even knowing what we ordered and the waiter took his mobile and translated it to english for us ! we learnt a lesson that day and that night I did a bit of homework in our room,translated some basic english to spanish and wrote it down in a paper and it was much easier ! I loved the people in Barcelona,they are very relaxed and friendly , so to conclude I would say Barcelona rocks !
Coming to today's recipe,its a hit among my friends and family and I love this with rotis/chapathis.

Ingredients
Paneer - 250 gm(cubed)
Green peas- 1/2 cup
Onions -3
Tomato - 2
Cashew nut - 1/4 cup
Cumin seeds - 3/4 tsp
Ginger garlic paste - 1 1/2 tsp
Kashmiri Redchiily powder- 1 tbs
Turneric powder- 1/4 tsp
Coriander powder- 1 tbs
Garam masala- 1 tsp
Kasoori methi powder- 1 tsp
Coriander leaves
Milk - 1 cup or more
Water ( as required)
salt

Preparation
1. Boil the tomotoes ,peel the skin and puree the them in a blender.
2.In a pan fry the paneer flipping the sides till slighly brown maybe a minute or so on two sides and keep them aside.( skip this step if your panner is not soft crumby paneer)
3. Grind the soaked cashewnuts with little water to make a smooth paste.
4.In a pan add some oil and sputter cumin seeds. Add chopped onion saute the  till brown and soft. Add ginger garlic paste and saute till raw smell goes
5.Add  all the spice powders expect kassori methi and cook until raw smell of masala goes.Add tomato puree and let it boil.
6. Add the milk and  water and when it comes to boil add paneer and green peas and cook for 1-2 minutes.
7.Add kasoori methi powder and cashwenut paste .Bring it to boil.

Kadai Paneer

Ingredients For the Sauce 

 Onion - 1 

Tomato - 2

 Redchilly powder - 1 tbs

 Corainder powder - 1 tbs

 Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

 Garam masala - 1/2 tsp

 Ginger - Garlic paste - 1tsp 

Salt

 Paneer- 1 1/2 cup Green and Red pepper( Capsicum) Kasoori methi - 1 tbs Preparation In a saucepan add oil and saute onions till soft, add ginger garlic paste saute till the raw smell goes off. Add the spice powders and saute again. Add tomatoes and cook again . In another pan add some oil and fry paneer cubes and chopped capsicum ,add the sauce and mix well. Finally add kasoori methi powder stir again.Turn off the flame when paneer is well coated in the sauce.

Malai Kofta

Collaborative curry needs no special introduction , a Collaborative blog by my friends Namitha and Sunitha. They always come up with fabulous recipes and irrestitable clicks, so I have a long try list from their blog but only time is the factor that restrict me from trying our their recipes.When Sunitha posted this recipe I bookmarked this one and last week was perfect to try it out and the outcome was superb...My hubby has approved this as a hit item and I am defintely going to include this in my guest menu. Thank you so much Sunitha for sharing this recipe.

Paneer Butter masala

Ingredients

Paneer - 2 cup

Onion -2

Tomato -1(puree)

Ginger garlic paste -1 tbs

Kasoorimethi - 1 tbs

Red chilly powder - 1 tbs

Garam masala - 1 tbs

Corainder powder - 1 tbs

Turmeric powder = 1/4 tsp

Salt

Milk - 1 cup

Preparation

In a saucepan take some oil and fry the paneer cubes flipping the sides until its light brown in colour.In another saucepan saute the chopped onions till it becomes light brown in colour.Add ginger garlic paste and all the spice powders ,saute for few minutes until the raw smell goes off.Add the pureed tomato and saute again.Finally add milk and when it stars to boil add the fried paneer cubes.Let it cook for few minutes.Garnish with coriander leaves.

Palak Paneer

Ingredients

Palak - 2 bunch

paneer -250 gm( cubed)

Onions -2

Tomato -1

Green chilllies -3

Chilly powder -1/2 stp

Turmeric powder - 1/2tsp

Corainder powder - 1tsp

cumin seeds -1tsp

cumin powder - 1/2 tsp

Ginger garlic paste - 1 1/2 tsp

Garam masala - 1 tsp

Salt

Preparation

In a saucepan cook palak with little water for 2 minutes with lis open , if you overcook you wont get the green colour for the dish.

Allow it to cool down for a bit and then blend  with some water into fine paste .

Shallow fry paneer for few minutes,flipping the sides over .

In a sucepan take some oil sputter cumin seeds.

.Add chopped onion and saute well till the onions becomes soft. Add chopped green chillies, ginger garlic paste and cook for a minute.

Add all masala powders and cook until raw smell goes.

Add chopped tomatoes and saute again for few minutes until it becomes a fine paste.

 Add palak to the gravy and  add water if required. 

When it starts to boil, add paneer .Cook covered for 2-3 minutes.