Kadai Paneer

Ingredients for Kadai Paneer:

1. Paneer – ½ kg

2. Oil – 3 big spoons

3. Bay leaf (Vayana Ila) – 2

    Cloves – 2

    Cinnamon – 2 pieces

    Red chillies – 2

4. Onion – 1 big, chopped

5. Ginger chopped – 2 small spoons

    Garlic chopped – 2 small spoons

6. Coriander powder – 1 small spoon

    Chilli powder – 1 small spoon

    Tomato – 6 medium, chopped

    Salt – As required

7. Coriander crushed – 2 big spoons

How to prepare Kadai Paneer?

1. Cut paneer to big pieces.

2. Heat oil and sauté well ingredients no: 3.

3. Add onions to it and sauté it. When it’s almost done, add ginger and garlic and sauté again.

4. Add ingredients no: 6 to it, sauté well.

5. Add paneer pieces it, mix slowly without breaking the pieces and put the flame off

6. Garnish with crushed coriander and serve.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine March 1-14, 2014

Kadai Paneer (Recipe 2)

Ingredients for Kadai Paneer (Recipe 2):

1. Paneer cubes – 250 gm

2. Oil – ½ table spoon

3. Onions chopped – 1

4. Ginger-garlic paste – 2 tsp

5. Tomato chopped – 5

6. Capsicum chopped – 1

7. Green chillies split into two – 2

8. Garam masala – ½ tsp

9. Kasuri methi crushed (or methi leaves) – 1 tsp

10. Coriander leaves – 2 table spoons

11. Ginger chopped – 1-inch piece

12. Salt – For taste

13. Coriander seeds – 1 tsp

14. Red chillies – 4

How to prepare Kadai Paneer (Recipe 2)?

1. Using a blender, blend once coriander and red chillies and prepare masala for kadai paneer.

2. Heat a kadai and add 2 table spoons of oil.

3. Sauté onions and then add ginger-garlic paste.

4. Sauté it till the raw smell goes out.

5. Add tomatoes and sauté for 3 minutes, till oil separates and comes out.

6. Add capsicum and sauté for three more minutes.

7. Add green chillies and water.

8. Mix well and cook the contents till capsicum is half cooked.

9. Add salt and garam masala powder.

10. Finally add methi, ginger and coriander leaves.

Courtesy: Grihalakshmi September 1-15, 2017

Kadai Paneer (Recipe 3)

Ingredients for Kadai Paneer (Recipe 3):

1. Paneer cubes – 250 gm

2. Onions chopped – 2

3. Tomatoes chopped – 4

4. Capsicum chopped fine – 1

5. Green chillies chopped – 2

6. Ginger grated – 2 pieces

7. Garlic cloves – 6, made to a paste

8. Oil – As required

9. Cream – ½ cup

10. Coriander powder – 1 table spoon

      Chilli powder – 2 tsp

      Garam masala – ½ tsp

      Turmeric powder – ½ tsp

11. Kasuri meti – 2 tsp

12. Salt – For taste

13. Coriander leaves chopped – ½ cup

How to prepare Kadai Paneer (Recipe 3)?

1. Take a kadai and heat oil.

2. Add ginger-garlic-chilli paste and sauté for 1 minute.

3. Add onions and fry till golden brown.

4. Make a paste of tomato and add to it.

5. Sauté it till raw smell goes out.

6. Add the powders listed as 10, and sauté again.

7. Add chopped capsicum and sauté for three minutes.

8. Add ¾ cup water and salt and prepare the gravy.

9. When contents boil well, add ½ cup cream.

10. Finally add kasur methi and paneer cubes and cook for three minutes.

11. Put off the flame and add chopped coriander leaves.

Courtesy: Grihalakshmi Magazine, December 1 – 15, 2019

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