On a cloudy day and that too on Sunday, we always crave to eat something spicy. Many people like to cook fish, mutton or egg curry but for non vegetarian people, Panner has alwsys been a life line. So today, I too tried my hand in cooking one of the popular paneer dish Paneer Masala. This spicy dish is can be served with roti, basmati rice, butter naan, kulcha, or jeera rice. But in my case I preferred it with Rice.
Paneer is a popular ingredient in Indian cuisine because it's a versatile, healthy, and delicious cheese that can be used in many dishes. Paneer is a great alternative for vegetarians and non-meat eaters. Paneer can be grilled, roasted, or fried, and is often used as a filling for flatbreads or cooked in gravy. It's also included in curries, salads, and sandwiches. I tried the spicy gravy recipe.
Paneer masala is a popular North Indian dish made with paneer, a famous Indian cheese, and a flavorful tomato-based gravy. It's often made with a variety of spices, including red chili powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, garam masala, and more. Paneer masala is high in protein and nutritional value.
To cook the dish, I made use of Onion, Capscicum, Green chillies and Tomatoes. I cut them into small pieces. The colourful look invite me to take multiple picture.
Paneer is available in our market in packaged form. It was freezed, so sometimes it get too hard. To make it softer, we need to keep them in warm water beforr cooking. I have my Paneer very soft and creamy. I choped the paneer block into small pieces. I made use of 200 gm of paneer.
To cook the dish, i made use of a pressure cooker. I fried all the spices in little oil and added all the chopped veggies.
Cook them in low flame and once it start turning golden add the pieces of paneer into it and mix them properly.
The ingredients gets brown on cooking it make you crave for it.
To make it more soup form, add little qty of water it depends on us how thicker gravy we like to keep. In my case, I made the dish mkre thinner and finally it appears like this.
Served with hit rice, it taste delicious for me. This is my first time cooking of paneer masala. Please let me know in case you have any more way to make this dish more tempting.
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