Paneer Chatpata Curry
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 5
 
Ingredients
  • • 300 gms - Paneer Cubes
  • • 2 tbsp – Paneer crumbs
  • • 1 tbsp - Oil
  • • 2.5 tbsp – Ghee
  • Onion Paste:
  • • 1 – Onion, chopped finely
  • • 3 – Green chilli, Chopped finely
  • • 4 – Garlic , chopped finely
  • • 1 inch – Ginger, chopped finely
  • • 1 tsp – cumin seeds
  • • 1 – bay leef
  • • 2 – cloves
  • • 2 - green Cardamom
  • Curry:
  • • 1 tsp - Turmeric powder
  • • 6 tbsp – tomato paste or 2.5 tomatoes blended into puree.
  • • 1 tsp – Coriander powder
  • • 1 tsp – Cumin Powder
  • • 1 tsp – Chaat masala powder
  • • 1 tsp - Kashmiri Chilli powder
  • • ¼ tsp – Mango (Amchur) powder
  • • ½ tsp – Kasuri Methi (Dry Fenugreek leaves)
  • • 3 tsp – Salt
  • • ½ cup – water
  • • ½ tsp - sugar
  • • 1 tsp – lemon juice
  • • 1 tsp – coriander leaves, chopped finely.
  • • 2 green chillies sauté in a tsp of oil for garnish.(optional
Instructions
  1. PANEER ROAST:
  2. Heat a pan, add butter to it in a medium to low flame, add the paneer cubes to it and roast it until its golden brown both sides. Put them in cold water, this will help them to be soft.
  3. ONION PASTE:
  4. Add the chopped onion, green chilli, garlic and ginger with a bit of salt in a blender and blend them into a fine paste.
  5. CURRY:
  6. Add ghee in a pan with cumin seeds, bay leaf, cloves and cardamom. Then add the onion paste, turmeric powder and sauté for 3 minutes.
  7. Add the tomato paste with coriander powder, cumin powder, chaat masala powder, chilli powder, and mango powder with the salt.
  8. After sautéing for 5 minutes, add ½ cup of water and keep it low heat for 5 minutes.
  9. Now add the roasted paneer,sugar and dry fenugreek leaves.
  10. Let it simmer for 10 minutes.
  11. Now open it and check salt (add salt if you need more). Switch off. Add chopped coriander leaves, crumbled paneer, greenchillies(sauted in oil) and lime juice to garnish.
Recipe by Relish The Bite at https://www.relishthebite.com/paneer-chatpata-curry/