Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, kadai paneer. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Kadai Paneer is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Kadai Paneer is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
Kadai Paneer is a delicious dish made from firm cottage cheese, onions, tomatoes, capsicum (green bell peppers) and Indian spices. There are two ways the recipe can be made and I am sharing both the versions in this post. Kadai paneer recipe - Indian cottage cheese (paneer) cooked in onion tomato gravy with homemade kadai masala & bell peppers.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook kadai paneer using 17 ingredients and 19 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Kadai Paneer:
- Prepare 5 Dry red chilies
- Get 3 tbsp Coriander Seeds
- Get 1 Cinnamon Stick
- Get 2-3 Cloves
- Get 2 Black Cardamoms
- Get 5-6 Black Peppercorns
- Prepare 1 Onion (Finely Chopped)
- Take 2 Green Chillis (Slit in Half)
- Get 2 tsp Garlic Paste
- Make ready 1/4 cup Tomato Puree
- Take 1/2 cup Tomato
- Prepare 1 tsp Garam masala
- Make ready Salt
- Take 1 tsp Red Chili powder
- Make ready 1/2 cup Green Bell Pepper (Cubed)
- Prepare 250 g Paneer
- Get 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
We have here is a semi dry paneer recipe that can be served as a main dish at a dinner party or on festivals. Kadai Paneer is a popular paneer recipe where paneer and bell peppers are cooked in a spicy masala. It is one of the most popular paneer recipes. It's there on the menu in almost all Indian restaurants.
Steps to make Kadai Paneer:
- Dry roast coriander seeds and 2-3 dry red chilies till slightly browned and a nice aroma starts to come.
- Grind to make a slightly coarse powder
- Heat oil in a pan
- When the oil is hot, add the remaining dry red chilies, cloves, black cardamom, black peppercorns and cinnamon stick.
- Fry for 20 seconds.
- Add onion and fry till translucent
- Add green chilies and ginger garlic paste
- Fry till onion turns golden brown
- Add tomato puree and tomato and fry for 2-3 minutes
- Add the ground masala powder, salt, Kashmiri red chilli powder and garam masala powder
- Now add half cup water and cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Add capsicum and paneer and cook for 2-3 minutes. Add some more water if the gravy is too thick.
- Cook until oil starts to separate from the sides.
- Add ghee and lemon juice and mix well.
- For smoky flavour, heat a piece of coal for 5-6 minutes on flame till it is red hot.
- Keep a piece of aluminium foil over the curry and keep the piece of coal over it.
- Pour 1 tbsp ghee on the hot coal and immediately close the lid for 15-20 minutes.
- Reheat before serving.
- Serve hot with phulke, naan or laccha paratha.
I remember always ordering it when we ate out. The traditional Kadai Paneer recipe is a perfect mix of spices, paneer and cream. If you are bored with the usual paneer recipes like shahi paneer, palak paneer, paneer bhurji; then this one is a must try for you, especially if you are looking for something spicy and delicious! Kadai paneer is one of the very popular paneer dishes from North India. It is known for its incredibly flavorful gravy made with freshly ground spice mix, soft spongy paneer and crunchy veggies like onions and green bell peppers.
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