Kadai Paneer Recipe

Discover the Flavors of Homemade Kadai Paneer

Ingredients: 

  • 250 gms paneer/cottage cheese, cubed
  • 5-6 medium tomatoes/tamatar, chopped
  • 1 or 2 green chilies/hari mirch, chopped
  • 6-7 garlic/lahsun, crushed
  • 1.5 inch ginger/adrak, half crushed and half julienned
  • 2 green bell
  • peppers/capsicum/shimla mirch, julienned
  • 5-6 kashmiri red chilies
  • 1.5 tbsp coriander seeds/dhania seeds, roasted
  • 1.5 to 2 tsp crushed kasuri methi/dry fenugreek leaves
  • ½ tsp garam masala powder
  • ½ cup chopped coriander/cilantro leaves/dhania
  • 2 tbsp salt or black salt

Instruction: 

  • Start by rinsing the veggies and chopping them later.
  • In a kadai, heat 2 tbsp oil. Add the crushed ginger and garlic. Saute these till the raw smell disappears.
  • Now add the chopped tomatoes. Saute the tomatoes till they become soft.
  • Pound the coriander seeds and red chilies to a roughly fine powder.
  • After 8-10 minutes, add the spice powder to the tomatoes.
  • Saute the tomatoes till the whole mixture becomes like a paste and starts to leave oil.
  • Now add the capsicum julienne and chopped green chilies. And saute the capsicum for some 8-10 minutes.
  • add salt and garam masala powder. Mix these with the rest of the masala.
  • It’s time to add the paneer. Cook the paneer for 2 to 3 minutes in the masala.
  • Lastly, add kasuri methi, ginger julienne, and coriander leaves. Mix and saute for 2-3 minutes.
  • serve the kadai paneer, hot with rotis or naans.

source: www.vegrecipesofindia.com