Corn & Paneer (Indian cottage cheese) are simmered (dum cooked) in spicy gravy. I really loved it!
I always used to do this with sweet corn only and this time I did with paneer and it was too good. I had it with roti and rice. You can always replace paneer with tofu or even skin paneer and replace with corn only.
I recently made paneer dum mirch, which was again similar recipe, which was simmered for 20 minutes in low heat, and everyone who tried it said it was really good.
So, I wanted to share this recipe. I notice that lot of people are working from home and have some time to cook now which is a good thing for health and saves some money too. Also, cooking is a great stress buster.
Other similar recipes:Paneer dum masala, Mushroom peanut masala
Corn recipes:Paneer corn sandwich, Chickpeas corn capsicum puff
- • • Oil – 2 tbsp
- • • Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
- • • Onion – 1 cup, finely chopped
- • • Garlic – 5, chopped roughly
- • • Ginger – 2 inch, chopped roughly
- • • Green Chilli – 3, finely chopped
- • • Bell Pepper - ½ cup, chopped
- • • Tomatoes/ tomatoes paste – ½ cup, finely chopped
- • • Turmeric – ½ tsp
- • • Coriander powder – 1 tsp
- • • Garam masala – 1 tsp
- • • Black pepper powder – 1 tsp
- • • Kashmiri chilli powder – 2 tsp
- • • Amchur powder - ½ tsp
- • • Corn – 1.5 cups
- • • Paneer – 1 cup, made to crumbles in blender or in hand.
- • • Salt – ½ tsp
- • • Water – 1 cup
- • • Sugar – ¼ tsp
- • • Kasoori methi (fenugreek leaves dried)– 1 tbsp, crushed
- • • Cilantro – 1 tbsp, finely chopped
- • • Lemon Juice – 1 tsp to garnish
- Add oil in a pan on medium heat and once oil is heated add the cumin seeds.
- When it turns brown, add finely chopped onions, garlic, salt, Green chilli and ginger. Once the onions turn brown, add the bell pepper for a minute.
- Then add the chopped tomatoes/tomato paste with coriander powder, turmeric powder, chilli powder, black pepper powder, garam masala, amchur powder, and salt.
- Now add the corn, paneer, sugar, water and keep it in dum.
- DUM:
- Seal the pan with foil, put a lid on top with something heavy on top and a pan on the bottom.
- Reduce flame to low and let it simmer for 20 minutes.
- Now open it and check salt (add salt if you need more). Add kasoori methi, chopped coriander leaves and lemon juice to garnish.
Corn Capsicum pulao is a simple, elegant and flavorful one pot meal recipe. It is aromatic. You can use fresh sweet corn or frozen sweet corn for this. But I feel frozen corn is losing its flavor and taste over a period of time. It is a quick one pot meal and perfect to use any left over rice. For variation, I have added capsicum in this pulao. I made this last week for my friend’s birthday lunch. Any gravy recipe is fine to go with this. I made it with paneer Masala. It is great for kid’s lunch box. When you have some potluck get together or party, it is the best option to do this.
