Kadai Paneer

Kadai Paneer is a preparation of cheese, cream and tomato curry. It is thick, creamy and spicy, and is a mainstay of Indian cuisine.^[1]Kadai paneer is primarily a Punjabi dish, most popular in the northern part of India. The word Paneer is the Hindi term for Cottage Cheese

Serves: 4

Cooking Time : 40 minutes

Ingredients:

• 2 cups paneer cubes/ 200 grams packet of paneer or homemade paneer
• ½ cup diced onions
• ¼ cup diced green bell peppers
• 1 teaspoon chopped ginger
• 1 teaspoon garlic paste
• 1 cup chopped red tomatoes
• 1 teaspoon cardamom powder or 1 badi elaichi
• 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1 teaspoon cumin powder
• 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
• 1 teaspoon black pepper powder
• 1 tablespoon kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves)
• 1 tablespoon Vegetable/Sunflower oil
• 1 tablespoon butter
• Salt to taste

Steps:

Heat oil in a frying pan; add onions, ginger,garlic and sauté until the onions are tender. Add the tomatoes, turmeric powder,cumin powder, black pepper powder, red chilli powder and saute until the water from the tomatoes have evaporated and become a thick paste.

Add green bell peppers and cover the pan and simmer it for about 5 minutes until the pepper are half cooked.

Add butter, salt, cardamom powder or badi elaichi and and sauté for few more minutes. Add the paneer pieces and kasuri methi.

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