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Tawa Paneer Masala


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

IngredientQuantity
Paneer(cubed)200gms
Onion(finely chopped)1(medium size)
Tomato(pureed)2(medium size)
Green chilly/pachamilgai2(finely chopped)
Ginger&garlic paste2tsp
Red chilly powder3/4tsp
Coriander powder11/4tsp
Garam masala powder1/4tsp
Turmeric powder1/8tsp
Cumin seeds/jeeragam1/2tsp
Coriander leaves(chopped) as needed
Kasoori methi leaves1/4tsp(optional)
Fresh cream(optional)2tbs
Saltto taste
Oil3tbs

For Marination
IngredientQuantity
Thick curd/thayir3tbs
Red chilly powder/milgaipodi1/4tsp
Turmeric powder/manjal podi1/4tsp
Kassori methi1/2tsp





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.

Serve it with naan or roti.

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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