Paneer Recipe without Onions and Garlic. Navratri 2021 Special. Quick and tasty.
Heat some oil into a pan. Add some cumin seeds, bay leaves, cloves, cardamoms green and black, a small piece of cinnamon stick, and some golden raisins, quickly stir to sauté these. Immediately add tomato paste 2/3 cup and stir into the spices. Cook in low flame along with a cup of water. Once the tomatoes are being cooked few minutes and starts to bubble add cumin seeds powder, coriander seeds powder, some garam masala powder, red chili powder and a tablespoon of ghee (clarified butter). Give these a mix and continue to cook and simmer in low flame for 1 to 2 minutes. Then add some chopped coriander leaves some fenugreek leaves and mix well. Add some water at this point along with some sugar and give it a mix. Add paneer pieces cut into bite sizes and mix. Immediately add cashew paste in it. Stir to mix. Add some water at this point to adjust the consistency of the gravy. But also avoid adding too much water as it will ruin the taste. Sprinkle some salt and pepper as per taste and mix. Cover and cook five minutes in low to medium flame. Uncover. Give it a mix. and serve hot with roti naan fried rice biryanis or any thig that you like. While you serve this you may garnish this with some lightly whipped cream and some sprinkles of kasoori methi (fenugreek leaves powder)
Ingredients
- 30 30 Paneer (cut into bite size)
- 2 tablespoons Oil
- 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
- 2 whole Bay Leaves
- 1 whole Black cardamom
- 5 whole Green cardamoms
- 3 Cloves
- 1/2 inch (broken or crushed) Cinamon stick
- 1 tablespoon Golden raisins
- 2/3 cup Tomato paste thick
- 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds powder
- 2 teaspoons Coriander seeds powder
- 1 teaspoon Red chili powder
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Garam Masala powder
- 1 tablespoon Ghee (Clarified butter)
- 1 and 1/2 tablespoons Sugar
- 1/2 cup Cashew Paste
- 1 and 1/2 cup or as required Water in total used
- 2 tablespoons Coriiander leaves chopped
- 1 and 1/2 tablespoons Fenugreek leaves powder
- Black pepper powder to sprinkle as per taste
- As required Lightly whipped cream to garnish