Plan your main course with this tasty Tawa Paneer recipe
Add a few ‘garma garam’ rotis and some jaggery to the plate too…
Published 03.11.22, 06:05 AM
Image courtesy: Pooja Mitra
A simple one-pan recipe for days when the heart is divided between ordering in and pulling out the apron.
Ingredients:
- Medium diced paneer: 200 gm
- Medium diced bell peppers: 8-10 pieces per bell pepper
- Medium diced onions: 2 large
- Medium diced tomatoes: 2 large
- Slit green chilli: 4-5
- Lemon juice: 2 tablespoons
- Ginger paste: 2 tablespoons
- Garlic paste: 1 tablespoon
- Green chilli paste: 1 teaspoon
- Bay leaf: 1 large
- Cumin seeds: 1 teaspoon
- Finely chopped onion: 1 large
- Finely chopped garlic: 1 teaspoon
- Finely chopped ginger: 1 teaspoon
- Kashmiri red chilli powder: 1 teaspoon
- Turmeric powder: 1 teaspoon
- Special masala: 3 tablespoons
- Ghee
- Mustard oil
- Salt
- Sugar
Special masala recipe: 1 teaspoon each of coriander seeds, cumin seeds, black peppercorns, fennel seeds, 2 cloves, 3 cardamoms, ½ cinnamon stick, 2 whole dried red chillies dry roasted for about 4-5 minutes and then turned into a fine mix. Add 1 teaspoon of salt to it.
Recipe:
- Take a nonstick frying pan and add ghee and mustard oil (1:3 ratio). Heat well, add bay leaf and cumin seeds and saute well
- Now add ginger, garlic and green chilli pastes and saute for 2-3 minutes on low heat
- Add chopped onion and cook for 3-4 minutes and then add ginger and garlic to cook for another 1-2 minutes
- Add turmeric and kashmiri red chilli powder and cook for another 2-3 minutes. Splash some water in needed
- Now add the diced onions and mix well. Cook for 3-4 minutes on low heat before adding the bell peppers
- Add tomatoes, give one good stir and keep sauteing the ingredients for 3-4 minutes
- Add the paneer cubes, cook for 3-4 minutes, add salt, sugar, special masala, lemon juice and give a light-handed mix
- Splash some water, cover and cook for 5-6 minutes, check seasoning, sprinkle some ghee and tawa paneer is ready
— Pooja Mitra
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