Shahi Paneer

Category   - veg                
Serve-   4 person
Cooking time- 30 minutes
Preparation time-20 minutes

Ingredient-

Paneer (cottage cheese ) -500g
Tejpatta (bay leaf)          -  1-2 leaf
Cashew nut paste            -   2 full spoon
Saffron                            -   4-5 thread(a pinch)
Cloves                             -    2-3
Green chilli paste            - 1/2 small spoon
Crushed black pepper       - 2-4   
Cinnamon                        - 1peice
Garam masala                  -   1/2 spoon
Onion paste                      -   2 spoon
Ginger-Garlic paste          -  1 spoon
Cream                               -1/2 cup
Yogurt                               - 1/2 cup
Green cardamom powder  - 2cardamom
Salt                                    - According to taste
Cooking Oil                      - 2 large spoon 

Process-
 
-Cut the paneer in your desired shape(square or triangle)
-Make onion paste and keep aside.(or boiled onion paste, take less time to saute)
-Heat the oil in a pan or kadahi , add Tejpatta,cloves , cinnamon , black pepper, saute for 30 seconds.
-Add chilli and onion paste and after 5 minutes add ginger- garlic paste, garam masala and fry for 2-3 minutes.
-Add Cashew nut paste and after few minutes add yogurt and fry till water get absorbed then add cream, saffron and salt , stir.
-Finally add paneer and cook for 3-4 minutes.
-Garnish with green cardamom and serve .





















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Kadahi paneer..

Category-  veg
Serves    -  4 person
Cooking time  -  30 minutes
Preparation time  -  20 minutes

Ingredient-

Paneer (cottage chees) -500 g (cut in small pieces)
Capsicum                     - 2 small (cut in small pieces)
Tejpatta (bay leaf)       -  2-3 leaf
Crushed Coriander seed -2 spoon
Cloves                            -    2-3
Dried red chilli              -  2
Cinnamon                      -      2
Red chilli powder         -  1 tb spoon
Coriander powder        -  1 tb spoon
Onion (sliced)              -   1 large
Ginger-Garlic paste     -  2 spoon
Chopped Tomato        - 2-3 medium
Salt                              - According to taste
Cooking Oil                - 2 large spoon   

Process-

- Heat oil in a kadai or pan.
-Add bay leaves, cloves, cinnamon, red chillies, and crushed coriander seeds.
-After 1/2 a minute add onion and make it light brown, after few minutes add ginger- garlic paste and sauté for a while longer.
-Add coriander powder, red chilli powder and tomatoes.
-Cook over high heat till the oil separates.
-Add capsicum , after 1 minute add paneer and salt and half a cup of water and cover it with lid.
-Cook for 5 minutes, open and garnished with some crushed coriander seeds and green coriander leaves.
-Your Kadahi paneer is ready , Serve it hot with chapapatis.

VEGECENTRAL...Matar paneer

Welcome to my kitchen...Oh! sorry ...Welcome to your kitchen.
         Let me introduce myself.. I am Pratima  tiwari , a simple house wife having a loving husband and a cute beautiful daughter. This is my family , actually my introduction is incomplete without my family . My qualification is M.sc.(chemistry),  p.g.d.c.a. . , living in Gurgaon , India .
                    My subject was chemistry so I always heard that experiments are done in labs only but friends you know most of the time I realise that maximum numbers of experiment can be done in any kitchen only. No one can do beautiful, colorful, delicious experiment any where else as we can do in kitchen , and I always enjoy to do experiments with recipes  and  hope you will also enjoy it.

Then lets have fun with recipes... Starting with vegetables.

 Matar paneer-

Main course           -   veg

Preparation  time   - 20 minuts

Coocking time       -  30 minuts

Serves                    -  4 persons

 

INGRADIENTS--

 

Peas  (matar)           - 1/2 kg

Paneer                     - 300 g

Onion                     - 2 large (chopped )

Tomato                   - 1 large (puree)

Ginger                     - small piece

Turmeric powder     - 1/2 spoon (small)

Coriander powder    - 1  full spoon

Red chilli powder or green chilli paste - 1 spoon

 Garam masala          - 1/4 spoon

 Ghee or oil               - 250 ml

 Salt                           - According to taste

 

Process-

• Cut the paneer into strips or cubes.
• Heat sufficient ghee in a kadai and deep-fry till light brown.
• Peel, wash and chop onions and ginger finely.
• Heat two tablespoons ghee in a pan and add paste of onion and ginger.
• Saute till lightly browned. Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder (or green chilli paste), coriander powder, salt and tomato puree then after a minut add  peas and cook for 5 minuts.
• Add a little water, till the peas are tender and a little gravy remains. Add the fried paneer, garam masala powder and boil for five minutes.
• Your delicious matar paneer is ready , Serve hot with chappatis or rice.