Kadhai Paneer

Restaurant style home-made Kadhai Paneer.

Main dish from my North Indian Thali!!

Ingredients for Kadhai Paneer:

• Paneer (cottage cheese) - 200 gm, cubes
• Capsicum - 1 bowl, cubes
• Onion - 1/2 bowl, cubes
• Tomato puree - 1 bowl
• Onion paste - 1/2 bowl
• Ginger-garlic - 3 tbsp, paste
• Coriander seeds (Dhania) - 1 tbsp
• Cumin seeds (jeera) - 1/2 tbsp
• Fennel powder (saunf)- 1 tsp
• Red chilli - 1
• Cloves - 2 to 3
• Green Cardamom seeds - 1
• Bay leaf - 1/2
• Black pepper - 4
• Salt, as per taste
• Water - 1 cup
• Oil

Let's follow the steps:

• Roast coriander seeds, cumin seeds and bay leaf. Now grind coriander seeds, cumin seeds, bay leaf, red chilli, black pepper, cardamom, cloves to a powder. This is the kadhai masala.
• Shallow fry the paneer cubes and keep it aside.
• Heat oil, fry onion cubes till soft. Add the capsicum and cook till soft. 
• Take them out.
• Now add ginger garlic paste and onion paste. Cook till it turns golden. Now add tomato puree and cook for 5 minutes.
• Put turmeric powder, chilli powder and salt. Mix well.
• Add kadhai masala and saunf powder. Cook for 5 minutes at medium flame.
• Put 1 cup of water and cook. Also, add the fried onions and capsicums.
• Cook for 5 minutes. Check with the gravy consistency.
• At the end, put the fried paneer and cover it with a lid.
• Yummy Kadhai Paneer is ready.

Serve it with Butter Naan !!

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