paneer curry with methi leaves

I don't experiment much with panner most of the time its matar paneer or chili paneer bust since I had methi leaves in the fridge i thought of using it with cottage cheese.

paneer with methi leaves

Recipe name paneer with methi
ingredients
cottage cheese 300gm
half cup chopped and clean fresh fenugreek leaves
curried paste of onion tomato ginger garlic
salt as per taste
oil to cook
cashew half cup soaked in water
preparation
for the curried paste 
one big onion chopped coarsely
two tomatoes chopped coarsely
two garlic clove
one tbsp chopped ginger
masala powder as per taste - coriander , red chili powder, turmeric and garam masala
i usually sprinkle it
heat oil in wok add pinch of asafoetida and one tsp of cumin seeds let it splutter
add chopped onion and keep frying till it turns brown
add garlic ginger followed by tomato once must add powdered masala and salt
once  oil is seen aloo the sides remove from flame and let it cool.
make a smooth paste of this and keep aside
make paste of cashew and mix with curried paste
fry the cubed cottage cheese and keep aside
fry chopped methi leaves and keep aside.
in the same wok return the curried paste and add cottage cheese and methi leaves
keep stirring and slowly add water for gravy
let it simmer for few minutes
serve warm with chapati

Winter memories and Matar Paneer Curry,....

Winters remind me of  Posta Halwa prepared by my mom
Spicy Chicken Curry prepared at our home every weekend
Warm Bowl of Gazar Halwa slowly cooked on Angeethi
and fresh green pea straight from our farm
Because there was a time when green pea was available only during winter,i remember Dadi used to stock green peas and tomatoes ,those were the days.Sharing with you all simple and flavourful curry ,my all time favourite :)

Recipe name Matar Paneer
Recipe source kitchen experiment
Preparation time one hour
Cooking time 30 mins
Ingredient
One cup cottage cheese
paste of two onion ,two garlic and one green chili
pearl onion five
paste of one tomato
green pea one tbsp
salt as per taste
oil to cook
red chili powder half tsp
turmeric powder pinch
cumin seeds half tsp
coriander seed one fourth tsp
black pepper four
clove three
kabab chini four
Preparation
Shallow fry cottage cheese and keep aside
shallow fry pearl onion and keep aside
Procedure
Heat oil in non stick wok,once hot lower the flame
add the whole seeds which are underlined above
let them splutter ,add onion ,garlic and green chili paste
keep stirring till onions start changing their colour
add tomato paste ,red chili and turmeric powder
followed by salt.
keep stirring till oil is seen along the sides.
add pearl onion and let it simmer for few minutes
add requiered amount of water for the gravy
once the gravy thickens add pea and cottage cheese
let it simmer for five minutes
serve warm garnished with coriander leaves.

another version blogged here
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Crispy ajwain kachori with paneer sabji

Yesterday felt like having Paneer curry for dinner and together with ajwain kachori combo was perfect,Pallavi was craving since a long time for Kachoris,so i asked mother to prepare Kachori specially for her while i prepared cottage cheese curry.

This recipe is very simple and quiet apt for beginners in cooking,i am posting this recipe specially for Pallavi :-) so that she can try this recipe whenever she wants,marraige thought me cooking and i guess thats what is inspiring my Sis to cook .

coming to the recipe of Paneer curry

ingredient needed

cottage cheese 125gm chopped 

onion chopped three

tomato two chopped

grated ginger half tsp

garli clove chopped three

green chilli chopped one

salt as per taste

oil to cook one tbsp

half tsp each of red chilli ,turmeric and coriander powder

pinch of garam masala powder.

chopped coriander leaves to garnish one tbsp

cumin seeds half tsp

procedure

heat oil in wok and add cumin seeds

once cumin seeds start spluttering

add ginger,garlic,green chilli and onions

keep frying till onions start changing their colour

add tomatoes and mix well

once tomatoes gets mixed with onions add

salt and masala mixture(red chilli,turmeric and corinader powder)

keep stirring on low flame till oil is seen along the sides

if the masala starts sticking add few drops of water and scrap from the sides

add required amount of water as desired (i usually like thick gravy so i add less water )

let the gravy boil ,once gravy starts boiling lower the flame and add chopped cottage cheese.

mix well and let it simmer for few minutes.

before removing from flame add pinch of garam masala and coriander leaves.

mix well and serve hot with pori or chapatis.

Recipe of Ajwain kachori

ingredient needed

wheat flour depending on your need

water to need the dough

salt as per taste

one tsp oil (for the dough)

ajwain seeds one tsp

procedure

mix all the ingredients and knead smooth dough

roll out in the shape of pooris but slightly thicker than pooris

heat oil in wok

once oil is hot lower the flame and slowly slide the kachodis

keep turning till the kachodis are brown from both side

serve hot with curry of choice .

Event entry

Poornima of tasty treats is on with My favourite things event theme this month being cheese ,event started by Bindiya of in luv with food.

Panner subji goes to her event .

Enjoy the week frens,..cee u all soon,..:-)