Handi Paneer Dhaba Style
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 3 cups
 
Ingredients
  • • Paneer - 400gm, sliced into big rectangular cubes (or any shape you fancy)
  • • Bell pepper/ capsicum – ½ cup, sliced
  • Oil – 3 tbsp
  • • Onion - 1 cup, sliced thinly
  • • Tomato - 1 cup, roughly sliced
  • • Ginger garlic paste - 2tbsp (blend it fresh if you can)
  • • Turmeric powder - 2 tsp
  • • Chili powder - 1 tbsp
  • • Coriander powder - 1 tbsp
  • • Salt - as needed
  • • Dry fenugreek leaves (methi dry leaves) – 2 tsp
  • • Sugar – ½ tsp
  • Yogurt - 1 tbsp
  • cooking cream - 1 tbsp
  • • Amchur powder/ Mango powder – ½ tsp
  • • Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp, finely chopped To Roast and grind:
  • • Pepper - 1 tsp
  • • Fennel seeds - 1 tsp
Instructions
  1. Dry roast the ingredient under "to roast & grind” for 2 mins in medium -low flame. Grind them together and keep it aside.I roasted it together but you can roast together.
  2. Heat very little oil in a pan, add the paneer, wait till gets brown., remove and set aside. Add some capsicum, wait till it gets sautéed. Remove them and set aside. Take some cold water in a cup, add the fried paneer cubes and bell pepper to it. Set aside, this way it will help the paneer not to get chewy or hard.
  3. In a pan, heat oil, add cumin seeds, add onion, salt and sauté till golden brown. Then add ginger garlic paste and sauté for a minute.
  4. Now add tomato and fry till its mushy and raw smell leaves. Add the turmeric, red chili powder, coriander powder, dry fenugreek leaves and sauté well. Keep it to low medium and wait till the oil oozes out.
  5. Add yogurt and ½ cup of water. Mix well, Close the lid and wait for 2 mins till it gets mixed up.
  6. Now add paneer and stir well till the paneer & capsicum is well blended with the spices.
  7. It will take around ten minutes for it to cook and blend well. Don’t add more water, it may make it rubbery.
  8. Now add the cream, sugar, amchur powder, powdered pepper fennel powder and sauté for two minutes.
  9. Add chopped coriander leaves, squeeze some lime and switch it off.
Notes
1. This is a spicy curry. If you want it dry, leave it for another 5-10 minutes to make it a roast.
Recipe by Relish The Bite at https://www.relishthebite.com/handi-paneer-dhaba-style/