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Paneer Chatpata (Delicious Cottage Cheese Curry Vegetable)
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Pooja M. PanditPaneer Chatpata (Delicious Cottage Cheese Curry Vegetable)
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Paneer Chatpata is a mouthwatering cottage cheese preparation in an onion tomato curry. Paneer is quite famous in north India. Made from milk, paneer is a very good sauce of proteins for the vegetarians. It’s creamy taste blends well with any flavour and hence can be easily used to make a variety of dishes from appetisers, gravies to rice dishes.
Ingredient
Food ration :
4 servings
250 gm
Paneer (Cottage cheese)
1/2 inch
Ginger
1/4 tsp
Cumin seeds
1/4 tsp
Turmeric powder
1/2 tsp
Coriander powder
1/4 tsp
Cumin powder
2 tbs
Fresh Coriander leaves
1 tsp
Sugar
1 tbs
Cream
1 tbs
Butter
2 tbs
Oil for tempering
to taste
Salt
Cooking instructions
* Step 1
To make Paneer Chatpata, first start with finely chopping two of the given onions and cutting the third onion into medium sized cubes. Cube the capsicum and keep aside.
* Step 2
Grind the ginger and garlic into a fine paste. Grind the cashewnuts with the tomatoes to make a smooth puree.
* Step 3
Heat together the oil and butter in a saucepan and add the cumin seeds to it. When they crackle add the finely chopped onions and saute till transparent.
* Step 4
Now add the ginger garlic paste and saute. Cover and cook for a while.
* Step 5
Add the cubed capsicum and onion and mix well. Saute, cover and cook again till they turn soft. Add all the mentioned spice powders except the garam masala and mix.
* Step 6
When the onions and capsicum are soft, add the tomato and cashewnuts puree and mix well. Add salt to taste and sugar as well.
* Step 7
Cover and cook till gravy thickens. When tomatoes are cooked, add about 1/4 cup of water to the thickened gravy. Bring to a boil.
* Step 8
On a medium hot griddle, spread the kasuri methi for a while till it becomes crisp. Crush with fingers and add to above gravy and mix. Add the paav bhaaji masala too and give it a good stir.
* Step 9
Cut the paneer into medium sized cubes. Add to the gravy. Check seasoning and add some water too if required to adjust the consistency of the gravy.
* Step 10
Add the cream and garnish with fresh chopped coriander leaves.
* Step 11
Serve hot with Khastaa Parathaas or Jeera Rice.
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paneer / cottage cheese
small onions
medium tomatoes
Small Capsicum (Green Bell Pepper/Shimla Mirchi)
Cashewnuts
garlic cloves
ginger
cumin seeds
turmeric powder
Bedgi Red Chilli Powder…. To be adjusted
kashmiri red chilli powder
coriander powder
cumin powder
Paav Bhaaji masala / Garam Masala (as per choice)
kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves)
fresh coriander leaves
Sugar
Cream
butter
oil for tempering
Salt
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