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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.
Hello Manjula Aunty,
You website is one stop destination for all the Indian Recepies.
Appreciate you for taking time in making the videos demonstrating the way to cook. This is a great source for people living in India & Abroad.
I regularly check your websites for new recipes and guidance to cook.
I thank you and your husband for making such nice videos.
Please keep the good work…
Love
padmini
Hello Manjula
This was great and easy recipe. I am surely going to try it out tonight. Woul work well as an extra dish for my dinner party tonight!
Thanks
Pooja
hi Manjula Aunty
Thank you so much for all these lovely recipes. I just love the way you show how to make lovely dishes so easily … because of you i will be able to impress my mother in law … God bless you and love you a lot
regards
villea
Hi Manjula Aunty,
I must say your recipes are really simple but the best.You have made cooking simple for all .
THANKS A LOT
Surbhi
Dear Manjula
I love your website and I think one of the best things about it is you show us how to do it on the videos. This Kadhai Paneer recipe is one of my favourites. I also love the Aloo Gobi recipe. The recipes I have tried so far are very quick and easy which suits me!. Keep doing it. You obviously have lots of fans judging by the comments.
You are a STAR of the modern digital age.
Love Ewan (Edinburgh, UK)
Hello manjula aunty,
i must say great recipes….i love everything about your websites…
i hav tried a few of the recipes and they turned out to be absolutely delicious
thanks a lot
anu
Hi Manjula.
Ur recipes.are really cool. pls when are u going to add more recipes.
Manjula pls do add mor e we are waitting to writ down n cook
Want try many more of your dishes. keep posting some new recipes
ONE TIP :: instead of frying the paneer, we can also put the paneer pieces in a cup of water and heat it in the microwave oven for 1:30 min. then drain the water and use the paneer immediately.
Hello aunty!!
great recipe , very simple n easy to make , yet delicious.
I really love ur recipes.
Thanks
valley
Hi Majula Aunty,
I tried this recipe last night and it turned out very well. You remind me of my mother’s cooking, she is also a great cook and loves to try different dishes.
Will try many more of your dishes. keep posting some new recipes
Thanks
Tanya