Cottage Cheese Curry

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The quintessential cottage cheese or paneer curry is made simple and quick with this cottage cheese curry. The paneer cubes are cooked with sauteed onions, crushed garlic and chopped tomatoes in this spicy and traditional Indian curry . The seasonings and lime juice is added to impart a nice tangy taste to the spicy cottage cheese curry recipe.

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Preparation Time: 30 minutes Cooking Time: 45 minutes Total Time: 751 hours 15 minutes 6
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Ingredients

250 gms paneer (cottagte cheese) cubes
1 onion, sliced
8 cloves of garlic (lehsun)
1 " piece of ginger (adrak)
1/2 tsp coriander (dhania) powder
1/2 tsp cumin seeds (jeera) powder
3 tbsp curds (dahi)
1 tsp garam masala
1/2 tsp black pepper (kalimirch) powder
1 tbsp oil
2 tbsp plain flour (maida)
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp fresh cream
salt to taste

Method

Fry the sliced onion in oil to a golden brown.
Grind the garlic and ginger to a fine paste and add it to the onion.
Fry for another two minutes, and coriander powder, cumin powder, garam masala powder, black pepper and finally, the yoghurt.
Give it a brief boil and take off the fire.
Marinate the paneer in this masala.
Combine the flour,salt and milk together to make a paste.
Place the paneer on an aluminium foil and pour the paste over it.
Wrap the foil over the cheese to make a tight parcel.
Place the parcel on a flat plate that can fit inside a pressure cooker.
Steam the cheese parcel on low flame for 45 minutes in the cooker without using the whistle weight.
To serve, place the cottage cheese on a plate,and swirl cream on it.