Saturday, June 27, 2009

Paneer Masala by Priya Darshini JayaKumar

This reciepe is very simple and can be made with basic ingredients at home. I use simple masalas in this dish so that my work is simple.
Also, i always make paneer at home. So, this is one reason the tastes really nice even by using everyday usage spices.
I didnt know what to call this so, im calling it Paneer Masala.

Ingredients :

Fresh Paneer - 1, cubed, made with half gallon milk.
Grinding
Onion - 2 medium indian size
Tomato - 3/4 of a big
Tempering
Oil - 4 tsp
Jeera - 1 tsp
Others
Fresh Ginger garlic paste - 2 tbsp. I idikofy it make it instead of using mixie
cumin powder - 1 tsp
Coriander pwdr - 1 tsp
red chilly pwdr - to taste
Garam masala - 1/2 tsp
Store bought Tomato paste - 1 1/2 tbsp
Salt - to taste
Water - as needed
Milk - as needed. I added half tea cup(dollar store kanadi cup)

Method:

1. Grind the onion and tomato seperately.
2. Temper with mentioned ingredients and add the onion paste first. Wait till the moisture goes off.
3. Now add tomato paste, tomato puree(the one u ground) and Gin-Gar paste and cook untill it leaves oil. cover it and stir ocasionally to avoid burning.
4. Once it is done, add the masalas accept the garam masala. Now water and salt. Chk to ur taste and wait till it comes to a boil.
5. Now add cubed paneer and mix well. Chk salt n other spices and add some warm milk slowly.
6. Cover and cook in medium flame for ten minutes.
7. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and remove from flame.
8. You may add kasthoori methi also at the end. It smells heavenly and add a new dimension to this simple reciepe.

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