As my son loves to eat paneer curries with roti or naan,these days paneer appears in my kitchen more frequently.
Last week I tried this panner tawa masala recipe and it came out very delicious and paired up with naan.
The recipe I adapted from Taraladalal and slightly tweaked to the ingredients available in my pantry.Now off to the recipe....................
Basic Information
Preparation time 15 minutes
Cooking Time 30 minutes
Serves 3
Ingredients
For Marination
Last week I tried this panner tawa masala recipe and it came out very delicious and paired up with naan.
The recipe I adapted from Taraladalal and slightly tweaked to the ingredients available in my pantry.Now off to the recipe....................
Basic Information
Preparation time 15 minutes
Cooking Time 30 minutes
Serves 3
Ingredients
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Paneer(cubed) | 200gms |
| Onion(finely chopped) | 1(medium size) |
| Tomato(pureed) | 2(medium size) |
| Green chilly/pachamilgai | 2(finely chopped) |
| Ginger&garlic paste | 2tsp |
| Red chilly powder | 3/4tsp |
| Coriander powder | 11/4tsp |
| Garam masala powder | 1/4tsp |
| Turmeric powder | 1/8tsp |
| Cumin seeds/jeeragam | 1/2tsp |
| Coriander leaves(chopped) | as needed |
| Kasoori methi leaves | 1/4tsp(optional) |
| Fresh cream(optional) | 2tbs |
| Salt | to taste |
| Oil | 3tbs |
For Marination
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Thick curd/thayir | 3tbs |
| Red chilly powder/milgaipodi | 1/4tsp |
| Turmeric powder/manjal podi | 1/4tsp |
| Kassori methi | 1/2tsp |
Method
Mix the ingredients given for marinate in a bowl,add the paneer cubes to it and mix it well.Make sure each cube is coated with the marinade.Keep it in a refrigerator 30 minutes.
Heat a pan with 2tsp of oil and shallow fry the marinated paneer cubes till it gets golden and set it aside.Now heat the remaining oil in a pan and saute the onion,green chillies with a pinch of salt till translucent.
Add the ginger&garlic paste an fry it till the raw smell goes off.Once the ginger &garlic paste cooked well add in the chilly and coriander powder,give it a mix.Add in the tomato puree and cook it till the oil separates.
Now add the fried paneer cubes and give it a mix,add 1/2 cup of water to it.Sprinkle the garam masla powder and cook it a medium flame for 3-4 minutes.
At this stage the fresh cream and stir it well,cook for a minute and remove from heat.Garnish it with some chopped coriander leaves.
Paneer Tawa Masala is ready.
Enjoy.........................................
- Here I chopped the onion very finely if you want you can coarsely grind in the blender.
- Instead of cream 3 tbs of milk can be used but adding cream gives rich taste.
- Use thick curd for the marination.









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