Another great recipe using cottage cheese (paneer) and an assortment of rustic spices. This makes for a great weeknight meal option which goes well with Wholewheat Naan or Phulkas too☺️

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You can even make this on a weekend and indulge a bit👌🏼 …flavours of kasuri methi along with saunf (fennel) & the tang of chaat masala makes for a great palate pleaser!

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Pretty easy to whisk up too…it was ready in about 30 mins! Let’s get started…

Yield: serves 2

Equipment: a non-stick pan/ tawa, measuring cups/ spoons.

Ingredients:

To marinate the paneer:

250 gms cubed paneer

2 tbsp kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves)

1 tsp red chilly pwd

1/2 tsp turmeric pwd

1 tsp chaat masala

salt to taste

2 tbsp oil

To make the Tawa masala:

1 tbsp oil

1 tsp butter

1/2 tsp jeera (cumin seeds)

1/2 tsp saunf (fennel seeds)

1 cup chopped onion

2 tsp chopped green chillies

2 tsp garlic paste

1 1/2 cup tomato purée

1 tsp coriander pwd

1/2 roasted cumin pwd

pinch of sugar

1/2 tsp garam masala 

salt to taste

2-3 tbsp fresh cream

chopped coriander leaves to garnish

Method:

Marinate the paneer with the ingredients mentioned above except the oil and keep it aside for 15-20 mins. After 20 mins, sauté the marinated paneer in 2 tbsp oil for 5 mins in a pan/ tawa. Set it aside.

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Next, add 1 tbsp oil to the remaining oil in the pan, once it’s hot enough, add the jeera & saunf seeds. Let these crackle for a few seconds. Then add the chopped onions, chillies & garlic paste. Cook until the onions turn golden.

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Then add the tomato purée along with coriander pwd, sugar, roasted cumin pwd, salt & garam masala. Sauté for until the tomato purée cooks out and the oil seperates from the masala. Then add the cream, butter & cooked paneer. Mix well and cook for another 3-5 mins. That’s it! Turn off the heat and garnish with chopped coriander leaves & serve it piping hot..😀

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Do try it out soon….you will love the flavours!

Love,

Shreya💞

Adapted from Tarla Dalal

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