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Pepper Paneer Recipe in 30 minutes

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Pepper paneer

Paneer and bell peppers are cooked in a spicy masala which gets it’s flavor from freshly ground coriander and chilies!

This pepper paneer is spicy and goes well with breads. It is a perfect remedy for cold and cough. One day I was trying to make a thali for a family who was visiting us and I wanted to make something with paneer but quick and new. Then one of my besties she gave me this recipe and I tried it. I have made this like 3 times after that. So, quick recipe is always the best to share. Who doesn’t love quick recipes these days?

Other favorite paneer recipes:

Butter Paneer pizza

Tawa paneer masala

Dhaba style paneer masala

Pair it with:

chana dal paratha

Tofu Paratha

Peas Pulao/Matar pulao


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Pepper Paneer Recipe in 30 minutes
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 3 cups
 
Ingredients
  • Paneer : 500 grms / 2 cups (cut into 1″ cube)
  • Cooking oil: 1.5 tbsp
  • Fennel seeds: ½ tsp
  • Cumin seeds: ½ tsp
  • Onion : 1 big (sliced thinly)
  • Green Chillies : 2(slit lengthwise)
  • Bell pepper: 1 cup, sliced.
  • Ginger : ½″ piece (crushed)
  • Garlic : 6 – 7 small (sliced)
  • Turmeric Powder : ¼ tsp
  • Garam masala: ½ tsp
  • Black pepper: 1 tbsp (freshly grinded)
  • Coriander leaves: for garnish(finely, chopped)
  • Salt to taste
Instructions
  1. Cut paneer into small size cubes..
  2. In a small frying pan; lightly roast the paneer with a bit of oil for a minute to two minutes. Add them in a cup of water. for it to stay soft and moist.
  3. In the same pan, heat oil, add cumin seeds and fennel seeds.When they are brown, sauté the sliced onions, salt and bell pepper till they are golden brown.


  4. Add ginger and garlic and green chillies and saute till the onions are troasted.
  5. Add turmeric powder, black pepper powder and garam masala. Sauté for a minute or two.

  6. Now add the paneer pieces and gently combine well. Let it slowly fry on all sides in a low heat for about 5 minutes.

  7. When paneer pieces are well coated with masala and becomes dry and starts taking a light blackish/dark brown, finally garnish with coriander leaves.

  8. Serve hot with chapathi , paratha or hot tice.
Notes
• You may adjust the spiciness by increasing or cutting down amount of pepper powder.
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Dum Aloo Biryani/ Little Potato Biryani

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potatobiryani1-4Rich and flovorful biryani made with potatoes. It is surely a festive dish and this is perfect to cook when you have guests over or make it for dinner parties. You are going to love this rice flavorful rice. This is an exotic Indian potato biryani in a restaurant style. Who does not love the exotic fragrant biryani?  Just the name “biryani” will make many drool. I posted biryani collection recipes few weeks back with all biryani recipes and their side dish. I made this biryani with Garlic Raita and mirchi ka salan.

I have had this question many times in my blog or in email on my biryani masala powder recipe. I mostly use aachi (Indian brand) biryani powder and there are very few times I make my own masala. If you really want to make, you can use the recipe from here from my fellow blogger that I have tried before. – Biryani recipe.

Other favorite Biryani recipes: Lamb Biryani, Shrimp Biryani, Paneer Biryani , Egg Biryani, Ambur Mutton Biryani, Mushroom Biryani and Vegetable Biryani.

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Dum Aloo Biryani/ Little Potato Biryani
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 5
 
Ingredients
  • • Marinate:
  • • • Ginger garlic paste - 1 ½ tbsp (I grind fresh garlic and ginger)
  • • • Biryani powder – 2 tbsp
  • • • Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
  • • • Coriander pwder - 1 tsp
  • • • Jeera/ Cumin Seeds - 1 tbsp
  • • • Green chilli - 5 (cut them roughly)
  • • • Mint - ½ cup (chopped)
  • • • Coriander- ½ cup ,chopped
  • • • Curd – ¾ cup
  • • • Oil – 2 tbsp
  • • • Baby potatoes – 500gms, boiled for 1 whistle or 15 minutes boil in microwave or 10 mins in pan and peel the skin off.
  • • • Salt – 2 tbsp
  • • • Lime juice – 2 tsp
  • • • Fried onions – 1 tbsp

    Rice:
  • • • Basmati rice – 2 cups (soaked for ten minutes)
  • • • Jeera - 2 tsp
  • • • Salt – 3 tbsp. (according to taste)

    Others:
  • • • Fried onions – 1 tbsp
  • • • Ghee - 2 tbsp
  • • • Oil – 1 tbsp
  • • • Orange food colour mixed with 2tsp of water or saffron in warm water
  • • • Rose Essence – Few drops
  • • • coriander and mint leaves– to garnish
Instructions
  1. Marinate everything listed under “marinate” section with the boiled potatoes for at least 30 minutes to 2 hours.
  2. Soak basmati rice for 10 minutes. Do not wash the rice for many times; it will make you lose the rice flavor.Just one rinse should be good.
  3. Boil 5 cups of water in high heat. When it boils vigorously, add the soaked rice, jeera and salt. Cook till its 80% done. Usually I put them for 6 minutes after adding rice. That is usually 80% done.
  4. Meanwhile, add oil in a heavy bottomed pan, add the marinated potatoes and keep it without switching on.
  5. Now layer the rice with the cooked rice on the potatoes, top it with fried onions, ghee, saffron in warm mater, rose essence, coriander and mint leaves.
  6. Cover the entire pan with foil and cover with a plate. Place a weight over it and let it cook on medium flame for 7 minutes and 25 minutes on very low flame.
  7. Now remove the weight and foil and fluff the rice carefully.
Notes
1.Don’t over soak the rice, and then it will not give you that biryani texture in the rice.
2.Gently mix the rice at the end, don’t break the rice.
3.Don’t compromise on the quality of the rice. Use basmathi rice and not long grained rice.
4. The red colour is not healthy. But sometimes I use it. You can add the saffron soaked in warm milk instead always.
5. Marinating potatoes is a must. Marinate at least for an hour, I soaked for 2 hours.
6. Don’t overcook the rice, and then the rice will be mushy. So when you cook rice, stand next to it and keep checking it.
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Kashmiri Chaman kaliya/ Paneer in spicy milk gravy

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ChamanQaliyaChaman Kaliya is a creamy cottage cheese curry flavoured with saffron and cardamom. It is cooked in milk and kashmiri spices gravy.

As I always say, Paneer is one of my favourite party recipes. If I wanted to do something fun for a lunch, I always include paneer to it. If its south Indian, it would be a Thali(big lunch plate) meal. Anything with paneer is a definite win. I have tried kashmiri saffron rice before so this time I wanted to try something different from kashmiri cuisine.

I made this with some peas pulao and it tasted perfect. I am sure it taste great with some Indian breads like roti, naan or paratha.

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I have collection of paneer & tofu recipes collection with all my paneer tofu recipes that you should look at.

Vegan note: Replace paneer with tofu. Use coconut milk instead of milk.

Other favorite Paneer Recipes: Paneer Makhanwala, Paneer peas masala, Palak Paneer, Paneer sandwich,pepper paneer do pyaza,spicy garlic tofu in 10 minutes,malai methi paneer

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Kashmiri Chaman kaliya/ Paneer in spicy milk gravy
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 2 cups
 
Ingredients
  • • Paneer – 300gms
  • • Onion – 1 medium sized, cubed
  • • Garlic – 4
  • • Ginger – 1inch
  • • Butter - 1 tbsp
  • • Oil – 2 tbsp
  • • Cardamom – 3
  • • Cloves – 2
  • • Bay leaf – 1
  • • Cinnamon – ½ stick
  • • Cumin seeds – 2 tsp
  • • Fennel seeds powder – 1 tsp
  • • Pepper powder – 1 tsp
  • • Chilli powder – 2 tsp
  • • Turmeric powder – 1 tsp
  • • Coriander powder – 1 tsp
  • • Dry Fenugreek/Methi leaves – 1 tsp, crushed
  • • Milk – 1 cup
  • • Saffron – 1 tsp
  • • Sugar – a pinch
  • • Salt – to taste

    Garnish:
  • • Paneer – 1 tbsp, grated
  • • Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp, grated
Instructions
  1. • Cut paneer into cubes. Take 1 tbsp of butter in a pan, place the paneer cubes and fry for a minute in each side till they become crispy golden. Keep it aside. (Optional step). Add the paneer cubes to the water in 10 mins, to make it soft.
  2. • Add the onion cubes, garlic and ginger into a blender, blend into a smooth paste.
  3. • In a small pan, add oil. Once the oil is hot, add cloves, cardamoms, cinnamon, bay leaf, and cumin seeds.
  4. • When cumin seeds turn brown, add onion garlic ginger paste, add salt to taste.
  5. • When sautéed well for a minute, add turmeric powder, pepper powder, fennel powder, chilli powder and coriander powder. Mix them well.
  6. • Sauté in medium – low heat, till it oozes out little oil.
  7. • Add Paneer pieces, milk, sugar and saffron and cook until the milk starts boiling.
  8. • Once the milk starts bubbling, cook undisturbed until the paneer becomes soft and creamy.
  9. • Have to ensure not to overcook as paneer might melt in the curry. Taste for salt or add if needed.
  10. • Switch off the flame and finish it off with grated paneer and coriander leaves.
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Cluster Beans Coconut Stir Fry/ Kothavarangai Poriyal

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Steamed cluster beans is seasoned with mustard seeds, split black gram and curry leaves and finally garnished with fresh coconut in this classic south Indian stir fry.

Perfect Vegan healthy dry curry recipe using cluster beans! n Tamil Nadu in South India, it is known as “Kothavarangai” and usually used in everyday cooking for “sambhar” or “kootu”. It is mostly handled like green beans and generally cooked to retain the crisp flavor. I usually make kothavrangai kootu, sambhar, usili and this time I made dry curry and tasted perfect! Healthy and tasty! Less oil, vegan and perfect for Saturday afternoon lunch. Today I wanted to post a comfort food from my home. You can make this in few minutes. This stir fry is healthy and goes well with plain rice or any gravy. I always prefer individual veggies stir fry than the combination of few veggies. I am not a great fan of cluster beans, I used to feel it is bitter. But my boyfriend loves this veggie and I used to get this from store for him most times. And that way I started to like this veggies. It is so healthy. I have started to eat lots of veggies only because of my boyfriend I should say 😉

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When I prepare cluster beans, aviyal and this stir-fry is my favorite, I even like to eat this with plain rice or sometimes add plain rice to it and enjoy as beans rice. You can very well combine with carrots, peas and make it as carrot cluster beans stir fry. I do that when I have only few portions of each veggie in the refrigerator. I mix all the veggies like cluster beans, carrot and peas and make a stir fry using everything. Poriyal is a preparation where the chopped or grated vegetables are sautéed in spices and topped with grated coconut sometimes. You can make poriyal/stir fry with almost all veggies like beans,carrot, cabbage, chow chow/chayote, bitter gourd/pavakkai, bottle gourd, beetroot, okra,potato, broccoli, cauliflower, arbi/seppankezhangu , raw banana/ vazhakkai,and so on.

I have been thinking of posting this recipe for a long time, then thought it’s too simple to post. But now I thought it can surely help beginners or bachelors. You can substitute this with any veggie you fancy and make this same stir-fry. You can even use frozen veggies, then you have to just 1 tbsp. of water, add the coconut and switch off. There is no need of boiling and the whole recipe just takes 5 minutes to do. It tastes best with rasam, dal,Onion kuzhambu/curry, spinach curry, pepper kuzhambu/curry or sambhar. You can also have this with roti or just with plain rice.

Other favourite stir fry recipes are here: STIR FRY/ DRY CURRY Recipes.

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Cluster Beans Coconut Stir Fry/ Kothavarangai Poriyal
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 2 cups
 
Ingredients
  • • • Mustard seeds – ½ tsp.
  • • • Urad dal/split black gram – 1 tsp
  • • • Asafetida – ¼ tsp
  • • Onion – ½ cup, chopped (1 small)
  • • • Green chilli – 1, chopped
  • • • Curry leaves – 1 spring
  • • •cluster Beans – 2 cups, chopped, around 1 inch
  • • • Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
  • • • Sambhar powder – ½ tbsp
  • • • Salt – to taste
  • • • Red chillies -2 , broken
  • • • Fresh coconut – 1 tbsp
  • • • Oil - ½ tbsp
  • • • Coconut oil – 1 tsp
Instructions
  1. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, urad dal, asafoetida, red chilli and let it splutter. Add curry leaves and fry for a min. Now add chopped onions and green chillies and salt and sauté well till onions gets slightly browned.
  2. Now add the chopped cluster beans, sauté for a minute. Add the turmeric powder and sambhar powder. Mix it well. Add water till it is almost covered. Close the lid and let it turn soft and raw smell leaves.
  3. Once all the water gets evaporated, add dry coconut and give a quick stir fry. Finish off by adding 1 tsp of coconut oil and switch off.
Notes
1. You can mix few more veggies like carrot to the same recipe and use it.
2. You can substitute this with any veggie you fancy and make this same stir-fry.
3. You can use 1 tsp of coconut oil to garnish. It gives extra flavor.
4. You can use frozen veggies also, then you have to just 1 tbsp of water, add the coconut and switch off.
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It tastes best with rice and rasam, dal,Onion kuzhambu/curry, spinach curry, pepper kuzhambu/curry or sambhar.

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