Paneer Stuffed Potato Curry

Paneer Stuffed Potato Curry

Ingredients

Potatoes (aalo) 6 big piece

For stuffing

Cottage cheese (Paneer) 100 gm
Chilli Powder (Lal mirch) ½ tea spoon
Coriander Powder  (Dhaniya) ½ tea spoon
Cumin Powder  (Jeera) ½ tea spoon
Salt To Taste

For Gravy

Onion (Payaz), chopped 1 big piece
Green chillies (Hari mirch), chopped 2
Cashew Nuts (Kaju) 6-8 pieces
Chilli powder (Lal mirch) ½ tea spoon
Turmeric powder  (Haldi) ¼ tea spoon
Hot spices (Garam Masala) ½ tea spoon
Cumin seeds (Sabut jeera) ½ tea spoon
Mustard seeds (Sarso) ½ tea spoon
Coriander leaves(Hara dhaniya) 4-5 table spoon
Oil For deep frying
Salt To taste

Instructions

  1. Wash and peel potatoes cut them into half. Now scoop off inside of each half of the potato (Make a small bowl like hole inside it.)
  2. Take cottage cheese in a plate and add salt, hot spices, chilli powder, cumin powder, coriander powder and mix it well and keep this aside.
  3. Meanwhile, in a heavy bottomed vessel, heat enough oil.
  4. Now add potato shell deep fry them.
  5. Once they are deep fried, take them out and place them on a paper towel. Put them upside down so that any oil left in the shells is drained out completely.
  6. Now stuff the mashed cottage cheese mixture into the potato shells and keep them aside.

For Gravy

  • 1. Take cashew nut and tomato into a blender jar and grind them to a fine and smooth paste.
  • 2. Heat oil in a pan add cumin seeds and mustard seeds. When they start to crackle, add finely chopped onions and green chilies.
  • 3. Now add cashew nut-tomato paste and cook it covered for some time.
  • 4. Now add turmeric, red chilli powder and salt.
  • 5. Let it cook till oil gets separated add little water for gravy and let it simmer.
  • 6. Now add stuffed potatoes one by one slowly into gravy.
  • 7. Don’t stir much otherwise stuffing will come out.
  • 8. Finish it with hot spices and garnish with chopped coriander.
  • 9. Serve "Paneer Stuffed Potato Curry" with ROTI or NAN.

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