Feb 22, 2008

MUTTER PANEER KI SABZI

MUTTER PANEER is one of the delicious and favorite dishes of the northindians. Combination of soft paneer (Cottage cheese) chunks dunked in a rich tomato and onion based gravy is a must for all those who love paneer.Ingredients:
2½ cups paneer (cottage cheese), cut into cubes lengthwise
¼ cup green peas, boiled or frozen
¼ cup onions, diced
2 tablespoons butter 1 teaspoon chilli powder
2 cups fresh tomato purée
1 teaspoon cumin seed (jeera) powder
½ teaspoon garam masala
¼ cup milk
¼ cup fresh cream
1tsp Honey
salt to taste

To be ground to a paste:
1 cup onion, chopped
(1") piece ginger
6 to 7 garlic
2 tablespoons broken cashewnuts

Method:

1 .Heat the butter in a pan, add the ground paste and cook till it is light brown in color.

2. Add the chilli powder and tomato purée and cook for a few minutes.

3. Add the jeera powder, garam masala and 1/4 cup of water and cook for some time till the oil separates from the masala. Keep aside.

4. In another pan, melt the butter, add onions and cook till the onions are lightly browned.

5. Add this to the tomato gravy, along with the peas, milk, cream, honey, paneer, salt and allow it to come to a boil.

6. Serve hot with Naan.

1 comment:

Kishore Surana said...

I just tasted the Paneer Sabzi, and it is yummmyyy... slurppp....