Tangy Tamatar Paneer

Recipe by

Rehana Khambaty

Total Time:
20 mins

Serves: 6

Nutrition facts:

240 calories, 9 grams fat

Category: Vegetarian Recipe

Course: Drinks Recipe Recipe

Cuisine: Indian Recipe

Technique: Stir-Fry Recipe

Difficulty: Easy

Tamatar paneer, as the name says, is a heavenly delight made from tomato and paneer. The vegetarian recipe has a tantalizing tangy taste and is popular among paneer lovers.

The paneer recipe has other major ingredients – tomato or tomato puree. All you need is these two ingredients along with some common spices and you can learn how to make it at home.

Spices like dry ginger powder, fennel seeds powder, cinnamon, cloves, chili powder impart unique flavor to this dish. It is best to cook this recipe in mustard oil as it will bring out the best flavors. Hot paranthas or rice are perfect accompaniments with this dish.

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Ingredients

500 gms - Paneer, cut into large rectangles
1.25 cups - Tomato puree
Mustard oil for frying
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp - Chilli powder
2 - Black cardamoms
4-6 - Cloves
2 - Cinnamon sticks
1/2 tsp - Dry ginger powder
1/4 tsp - Saunf (fennel seeds) powder

How to Make Tangy Tamatar Paneer

Heat oil in a frying pan/kadhai, fry paneer pieces until golden from all sides.
Drain excess oil and keep aside.
Reheat 2 tbsp. of oil in another pan over medium flame, add cloves, cinnamon and black cardamom. Once they begin to splutter, add chilli powder, dry ginger powder and saunf powder.
Boil over medium flame until curry gets reduced and the paneer pieces become soft (about 10 minutes).
Serve hot, with Paranthas / Zeera Pullao.

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