One awesome side dish to suffice your craving of Paneer!!! It is a rich, delicious gravy sauce, apt to be used as a side dish with roti/chapati.
It was a busy weeknight and was trying to prepare a side dish, which would be easy and at the same time rich and delicious, giving the feel of restaurant style dinner, at home on a weeknight! Hope you too can use this method to get a quick weeknight dinner!!
Ingredients:
Paneer- 1 cup.
Green peas- 1 small cup.
Tomatoes- 2 large.
Onion- 1 small.
Ginger n garlic paste-1 tsp / 1inch n 1clove to grind.
Cashews- 4/5.
Cinnamon- 3-4 pieces.
Clove- 4/5.
Poppy seeds- 1/4 tsp.
Cardamom- 2 pods.
Green chili- 1
Chilli powder- 1 tsp.
Garam masla powder- 1 tsp.
Coriander powder- 1 tsp.
Cumin- 1 tsp.
Whole milk/ cream- 1/2 cup.
Oil.
Salt.
Method:
Start off by chopping onions and cutting paneer into cubes.
To grind:
Tomato cubes, soaked cashews, poppy seeds, ginger, garlic, green chili.
Grind into smooth paste.
In a heavy pan, heat oil. To the hot oil, add cumin, cinnamon, clove, cardamom followed by onion.
Fry onions until they turn pink, then add garam masala, red chilly powder followed by fresh coriander/ dhania powder. Fry till the mixture loses raw smell, take care not to burn the mixture. Add paneer cubes and peas; mix well till coated by masala.
Add the ground paste and cook for 4-5 minutes. The gravy becomes tick, now add whole milk/ cream and continue to cook for few more minutes. The whole dish become thick and rich. Add salt and garnish will coriander leaves.
Malai paneer gravy is ready to serve.
It was a busy weeknight and was trying to prepare a side dish, which would be easy and at the same time rich and delicious, giving the feel of restaurant style dinner, at home on a weeknight! Hope you too can use this method to get a quick weeknight dinner!!
Ingredients:
Paneer- 1 cup.
Green peas- 1 small cup.
Tomatoes- 2 large.
Onion- 1 small.
Ginger n garlic paste-1 tsp / 1inch n 1clove to grind.
Cashews- 4/5.
Cinnamon- 3-4 pieces.
Clove- 4/5.
Poppy seeds- 1/4 tsp.
Cardamom- 2 pods.
Green chili- 1
Chilli powder- 1 tsp.
Garam masla powder- 1 tsp.
Coriander powder- 1 tsp.
Cumin- 1 tsp.
Whole milk/ cream- 1/2 cup.
Oil.
Salt.
Method:
Start off by chopping onions and cutting paneer into cubes.
To grind:
Tomato cubes, soaked cashews, poppy seeds, ginger, garlic, green chili.
Grind into smooth paste.
In a heavy pan, heat oil. To the hot oil, add cumin, cinnamon, clove, cardamom followed by onion.
Fry onions until they turn pink, then add garam masala, red chilly powder followed by fresh coriander/ dhania powder. Fry till the mixture loses raw smell, take care not to burn the mixture. Add paneer cubes and peas; mix well till coated by masala.
Add the ground paste and cook for 4-5 minutes. The gravy becomes tick, now add whole milk/ cream and continue to cook for few more minutes. The whole dish become thick and rich. Add salt and garnish will coriander leaves.
Malai paneer gravy is ready to serve.
