Malai Paneer

Malai Paneer

Yet another scrumptious dish to go with your yummy vrat ka jeera rice or Faraali parathas, rotis is this amazingly simple dish that s just perfect for a fast , can be cooked under 10 minutes if you have home made paneer ready for use.

Ingredients:

1 cup cubed paneer ( cottage cheese)

1 cup cream ( low fat )

1/4 cup cashewnuts kept in hot water to blanch.

1/4 cup melon seeds ( skip if you dont have them )

1/4 cup fresh curds

2-3 tbsp milk

2-3 tbsp freshly chopped dhaniya leaves

Other masalas

2 cardamom

1 bay leaf

oil /ghee for cooking

3-4 pepper corns

1/2 inch cinnamon piece

2 tsp coriander seeds

3-4 red round chilies ( boriya)

sendha namak ( rock salt)

1 tsp cumin seeds, keep 1/2 tsp of cumin seeds for tempering.

2-3 cloves

1 tbsp butter

1 tbsp ginger green chillies paste. or use fresh green chillies a piece of ginger while grinding

Malai Paneer / vrat recipe

Method

First let the paneer cubes remain in warm water to soften them a bit.

Roast all the dry spices like coriander seeds, cloves,bayleaf, cardamom pieces, pepper, cinnamon, cumin, red chillies.

Powder them in the mixer. Keep aside.

In a pan add some butter or ghee, add some cumin seeds, green chillies and ginger paste, sautee lightly, then add the paneer pieces trying not to crumble them.

Add 2-3 tbsp of milk to cook them a bit while you get the masala ready.

Grind to a paste the cashew and melon seeds, keep aside.

Add the ground masala powder, dhaniya leaves, salt, add the cashew melon paste, finally the curd and cream. Let it cook on a very low flame till gravy thickens.

The curd is added to give a light tang to the dish , where normally a paste of onions and tomatoes is used in the base gravy.

Serve with parathas, or vrat ka jeera pulao

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