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Hi this is Deepthy Nair. Hope some of you might have enjoyed my appam recipe. This is a recipe that I came up with after experimenting with several recipes of Paneer Makhani. The long list of ingredients might look complicating, s relatively easy and definitely very tasty.
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Paneer Makhani
Ingredients:
Paneer (cubed) 25 pieces
Peas, carrot, potato, corn 1 1/2 cups (all together)
Corriander powder 1 tsp
Chilli powder 3 tsp
Turmeric powder 3 tsp
Cashewnuts 1 cup
Onions (finely chopped) 2
Tomato (chopped) 1 (seed removed)
Heavy cream a li'l less than 1/4 cup
Cinnamon a very small stick
Cloves
Bayleaves (dried) 3
Fenugreek seeds 1 tsp
Jeera 2 pinches
Cardamom (skinned) and crushed 2
Garam masala 1 pinch for garnishing
Method:
- In a pan heat oil and put jeera, bayleaves and when the jeera sputters, put the fenugreek seeds,cardamom, cloves and cinnamon.
- When the fenugreek seeds turn golden brown, put the tomato in.
- Saute the tomato till it is soft ; add the cashews and saute for about 10 minutes. Grind it and keep it aside.
- Saute the onions and when they are transparent, add turmeric, corriander powder, chilli powder and some salt. Grind it along with the above paste.
- Boil the veggies in a pan with salt and turmeric with water almost covering the veggies
- Boil the paste with 1/2 cup water and add the boiled veggies to it.
- Fry the paneer in ghee until golden brown on all the four sides. Put it in cold water for about a minute and then squeeze the water out.
- Finally add the paneer cubes to the boiling veggie and the paste and let it boil in low flame.
- Add about half of the heavy cream while the above is boiling.
- Turn it off and garnish it with garam masala and pour the rest of the heavy cream on the top.
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