Tuesday 11 October 2011

- A delicious Paneer recipe with cheesy stuffing.

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Ingredients:

200gms Paneer,
3 big tomatoes
1 big grated onion
3 green chillies
1'' ginger piece
1/2 tsp red chillies powder
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/4 tsp garam masala
1/2tsp cumin powder
2 tbsp oil
salt to taste
3 tbsp plain flour
oil for frying

for Filling
100gms grated cheese/peas
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/2 chaat masala
1/2 tsp oil
salt to taste

for making gravy spicy paste:
2 cloves
2 tsp Khus-khus/poppy seeds
1 tsp cashew nuts
2 Cardomom
  • Put all four in mixer & make fine paste with the help of little water.

for Decoration
Chopped Corriander Leaves
Silver Leaf(optional)

Method:
  • Cut paneer in 1X1'' square.
  • Cut square paneer horizontally in two pieces, one should be thin and other should be thick.
  • Now make hollow in middle of thick paneer pieces.
  • Mix cheese, salt, black pepper & few corriader leaf and fill the hollow part.
  • If you are using peas- heat oil in the pan. add boiled peas on it & stir for 1 minute. Now add all masala on it. then fill the hollow with that mixture.
  • Cover the thick paneer hollow with thin paneer.
  • Make a thin batter of Plain flour, salt & water.
  • Cover the paneer with the batter & fry it lightly.
  • Prepare the thick tomato puree with tomatoes.
  • heat oil on the pan & fry onion for 1 minute upto to golden brown in colour.
  • Add the Massala Paste into the pan & stir for 1minute.
  • Now add tomato puree and cook for 2 mins.
  • If the gravy is thick , you can add little water in it.
  • Add salt, tumeric powder, red chillies powder and garam masala powder into it & cook for 1 minute. turn off the heat.
  • Take a bowl, place paneer at bottom & cover the paneer pieces with gravy.
  • Decorate it with Corriander leaves & silver leaf.
  • Serve hot.