So now you know that my every third dish can be a paneer dish. Reason being in a family of vegeterians Paneer is the most lovable food item and if that has been closely related to me son he would want it everyday.
Now imagine how much you have to think to make it differently every day so as to have the excitment alive while you serve food for dinner.So one day while we ordered some food from a nearby restaurant I loved this Mathi Malai Paneer and just wanted to replicate it. However since I had apprehensions in adding so much cream I substituted it with low fat milk.Still the taste was just superb and as creamy as it would come with cream.Paneer in Methi Malai Paneer can be substituted by corn or even fried potatoes incase you are not a paneer fan like us J
And for those who love Paneer and incase are not cream averse so try the cream version to get some real creamy and rich taste. I mostly use very less oil for cooking specially if I am using cream or cashew later on just to lower down the calorie count. But when I have guest coming over don’t worry I am quite generous 😉
- Paneer: 200 gms
- Kasoori Methi: 2 tbsps soaked in water
- Onions: 1 medium chopped
- Tomato: 1 medium chopped
- Garlic : 1 tbsp paste
- Ginger: 1 tbsp paste
- Salt: as per taste
- Tomato puree: 1 tbsp
- Cashew: 4 to 5
- Coriander Powder: 1 tsp
- Turmeric Powder: 1 tsp
- Red Chilli Powder: 1tsp
- Cream: 2 tbsp
- Milk: ½ cup
- Black pepper: ½ tsp
- Oil: 1 tsp
- Cumin seeds: 1 tsp
- Heat oil and add cumin seeds and let it splatter .
- Add onions which once turn golden add tomato, ginger , garlic and cashew and let it cook for 5 mins.
- Add coriander powder, turmeric powder, red chilli powder,cumin powder and sauté the masala for some 15 mins till its cooked properly.
- Now grid this masala in smooth paste with little water and keep it aside.
- In a wok add soaked methi leaves and sauté it dry without any oil.
- Once its dry add the grinded paste and let it cook for 5 mins on slow.
- Now add blackpepper and salt and cook it for 2 more mins.
- After this add cream (you can add all cream other wise one spoon cream and rest milk) and cook it for 1 minute.
- To this add paneer cubes and cover the wok and give it a cooking time of 10 mins on slow flame.
- Incase the gravy is thick you can add little water too,
- Serve it with naan or rice.