Nawabi paneer video Video by Tarla Dalal
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Nawabi Paneer Recipe (Restaurant Style Paneer Nawabi Masala) Video by Tarla Dalal
Preparation Time
15 Mins
Cooking Time
25 Mins
Total Time
40 Mins
Makes
4.00 servings
Ingredients
For The Masala Paste
3/4 cup roughly chopped onion
4 roughly chopped green chillies
45659 inch ginger (adrak) piece
8 blanched and peeled almonds (badam)
1 tsp poppy seeds (khus-khus)
Other Ingredients
4 tbsp ghee
1 1/2 cups paneer (cottage cheese) cubes
1 small cinnamon (dalchini) stick
1 black cardamom (badi elaichi)
1/2 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
1/4 cup whisked curd (dahi)
1 cup milk
a few saffron (kesar) strands
2 tbsp warm milk
2 tbsp fresh cream
1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper (kalimirch)
1/2 tbsp dried fenugreek leaves (kasuri methi)
salt to taste
2 tbsp finely chopped coriander (dhania)
Method
- To make nawabi paneer, combine the saffron and 2 tbsp warm milk in a small bowl, mix well and keep aside.
- In a deep pan, combine onions, green chillies, garlic, ginger, almonds, cashews, poppy seeds and 1 cup water.
- Mix well and boil it for 10 minutes on medium flame. Remove in a deep bowl and allow it to cool.
- Transfer the mixture into a mixer jar and blend into a smooth paste. Keep aside.
- Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a broad nonstick pan, add the paneer cubes and shallow fry them on medium flame until light golden brown in colour. Keep aside.
- Heat remaining ghee in a deep pan, add bayleaf, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, black cardamom, cumin seeds and sauté for a few seconds.
- Add the prepared paste, curd and cook on medium flame for 3 to 4 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
- Add milk, saffron-milk mixture, fresh cream, pepper powder and kasuri methi, mix well and cook on medium flame for 2 minutes.
- Add the shallow fried paneer cubes and salt to taste. Mix well and cook on medium flame for 5 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
- Serve nawabi paneer hot.
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