Mughlai Paneer Curry

Mughlai Paneer Curry

Ingredients

Cottage cheese (paneer) 500 gram
Onion ( payaz), cut into thick pieces 1 cup
Green peas (hara matar) ½ cup
Thick curd (dahi) ¼ cup
Garlic (lahsan) 1 tea spoon
Ginger (adrakh) 1 tea spoon
Green coriander (hara dhaniya) chopped 4 table spoon
Green chillies (hari mirch) chopped 2 table spoon
Kasmiri red chilli (lal mirch) powder ½ tea spoon
Turmeric (haldi) powder ½ tea spoon
Salt (namak) to taste
Clarified butter (ghee) 4-5 table spoon
Vegetable oil (tel) for frying eggs

Spices to grind

Green cardamom (chhoti elaichi) 3-4
Cinnamon (dal chini) 1” piece
Mace (javitri) ¼ tea spoon
Cashew nuts (kaju) 2 table spoon
Poppy seeds (posta) 1 table spoon
Desiccated coconut (nariyel ka chura) 2 table spoon

Instructions

  1. Cut cottage cheese (paneer) into big pieces and keep aside.
  2. Heat enough oil in a pan, fry cottage cheese (paneer) and keep them aside.
  3. Boil the peas in enough water and keep them separately.
  4. Take grinding spices in a blender jar and make a smooth paste of it.
  5. Take curd in a big bowl; add garlic, ginger, green chillies, green coriander, Kashmiri red chilli, turmeric powder and mix well.
  6. Heat oil in a pan and fry onions in it. Once it becomes golden remove it from flame and grind it.
  7. Heat clarified butter in another pan, add onion paste and let it cook for 3-4 minutes. Now add the spices mixture and stir it till oil gets separated.
  8. Then add boiled peas and stir it for 5-7 minutes.
  9. Now add salt and water and let it simmer and then add paneer pieces.
  10. Let it cook till the gravy becomes thick.
  11. Serve “Mughlai Paneer Curry” with Sheermal, Nan or Tandoori Roti.

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