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Kadhai Paneer
November 30th, 2008 filed under Paneer (Indian Cheese)
Kadhi Paneer is a great main dish for any special occasion. Paneer and colorful bell peppers are sauteed in spicy tomato gravy.
Recipe serves 4.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 pound paneer
- 1 medium red bell pepper (shimla mirch, capsicum)
- 1 medium green bell pepper (shimla mirch, capsicum)
- 3 tablespoons oil
- 3 medium tomatoes
- About 1/4 inch piece of ginger
- 1 green chili
- Pinch of asafetida (hing)
- 1 teaspoon cumin seed (jeera)
- 1 and 1/2 tablespoons coriander powder (dhania)
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric (haldi)
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 2 tablespoons chopped fenugreek leaves (methi) or dry fenugreek leaves (kastoori methi)
- 3/4 teaspoon salt, adjust to taste
Method:
- Cut paneer and bell peppers into ½ inch cubes.
- Blend the tomatoes, ginger, and green chili to make a puree.
- Heat the oil in frying pan on medium heat and stir fry paneer for about 2 minutes – take them out before paneer starts changing color.
- Next stir-fry bell pepper until they are tender. Do not over cook the bell pepper. Take them out and drain on a paper towel.
- Using the same frying pan, Test the oil by adding one cumin seed to the oil; if seed cracks right away oil is ready.
- Add the asafetida and cumin seeds.
- After the cumin seeds crack, add the tomato puree, coriander powder, turmeric, fenugreek leaves and cayenne pepper.
- Cook for about 4 minutes on medium heat.
- Tomato mixture will reduce to about half in volume.
- Add about 2 spoons of water, and the salt.
- Wait till gravy comes to boil add paneer and bell pepper and let it simmer for about five minutes on low medium heat.
- Now it is ready to serve.
Hi Manjula Auty,
I liked the Paneer Kadai receipe on your video, it just great. I could feel the aroma while watching the video. I like the way you present things, which are very simple, easy to understand and of course your pleasant and smiling face. I can just say everything is simply awesome. Great job aunty, keep it up.
Regards
Savita
Dear Manjula Aunty,
Thanks for the lovely recipe….I tried it today and it came out very good…
If I am planning to try something new, the first website I check is yours
thanks once again and please keep posting new recipes.
manjula ma`m, you are great…..i am going to try this recipe…..will tell you how it went…please wait for my next message……!!!!
I just made some paneer last night; I have some dried methi left over & this seems the perfect recipe for what I have in the kitchen cupboard! Any recommendations on what rice to serve with this???
Hi The Judge,
I will serve plain rice with this.
Hi again Manjula:
The other ingredient which is not available in South America is Paneer… but from the comments i found out it was possible to replace paneer with tofu… however tofu has no taste… what do you suggest to do with the tofu prior to cooking it… vegetarians use soja sauce to marinade it and add flavor to it… but what would you use as “indian marinade”???
thank you sooo much!!!
I adore your site! Greetings from the end of the world..!
wow..it looks so yummy. I wanna eat it rightaway from my screen..lols
Hi Manjula,
I have been looking at this recepie for a week and I have finally made it. Delicious! My husband has eaten half the bowl. He could not wait for the rice. Thank You for sharing your kitchen with us. Peace,Love,and Blessings.
Hi…Manjula unty..hor r u ? thank you so much for the wonderful receipe of KADHAI PANEER. me and my husband just love it. its simply so delicious. i love wathing your receipes. Thank you so much….
hello dear
thank you for your recepie. it came out best. thanks a lot .i’ll keep waching new recepie.see you.
Hi manjula aunty,
i just love your recepies….they are so simply presented that anyone can dare to try them.I tried this recepie and it turned out to be very delicious….my kids love your site and they have started playing pretend and play Manjula aunty game now….one becomes Manjula ji and the other one is the viewer….they love watching u….keep posting fusion recepies too….thank you!!!!