Kadhai Paneer

If you are looking for a simple and less time consuming paneer recipe then here is the option-kadhai paneer.By simple I mean less oil and spices but that does not mean less flavours.Here paneer is cooked with capsicum and tomatoes.I made this(using home made paneer) on my DH's birthday and he just loved it.

Ingredients

Paneer/Indian Cottage Cheese 250 gm (How to make paneer)

Capsicum/Green Bell Pepper 1 Large

Tomatoes 3-4

Ginger-garlic Paste 1 tsp

Asafoetida 1 pinch

Coriander Seeds(Crushed) 1 tbsp

Kasoori Methi 1 tsp

Turmeric pw 1/2 tsp

Red Chili pw 1 tsp

Salt

Oil

Method

1. Cut the paneer into 1 inch cubes and capsicum into 1 inch squares.

2. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan and lightly fry the paneer pieces.Take them out and in the same pan fry the capsicums for 4-5 minutes and take out of the pan.

3. In the same pan heat 3 tbsp oil and add crushed coriander seeds,asafoetida in it.Fry for a minute and then add ginger-garlic paste.Fry for 2-3 minutes then add finely chopped tomatoes.Add turmeric powder,salt,coriander powder and cook till the tomatoes are done.

4. Now add the fried paneer and capsicum pieces in the pan and sprinkle kasoori methi and some salt.Gently toss the ingredients together and allow it to cook 5 minutes.

5. Finally garnish with chopped green coriander leaves and serve hot with roti/naan.

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