When onions go on a high try Paneer Pumpkin Gravy 🙂
Honestly onion prices was enough for me to try out a non onion recipe, off-course you can always add if you still wish. Sometime back I posted Bottle gourd Paneer so this time I thought of trying my hands with Pumpkin and that how came Paneer Pumpkin Curry. Now Pumpkin off-course can be smoother than bottle gourd and gives a great base to the entire dish.
However Pumpkin being sweet, Paneer Pumpkin Curry needs right balance of seasonings to cut the extra sweetness. Hence chillies, tomato and curd come handy. Paneer Pumpkin Curry is not just full of nutrition with minimal oil usage but a great way to make kids eat Pumpkin without knowing what’s inside it. Infact if you want to make it rich and get a taste of butter masala just add two spoon of cashew nut paste while you cook masala and let it mix properly. So all in all, with onions or without onions, Paneer Pumpkin Curry is a must try
- Paneer: 250gms
- Pumpkin: 200gms
- Tomato: 2 small chopped
- Cinnamon: 1 stick
- Green Cardamom: 1
- Cloves:2
- Black Pepper:2
- Bay Leaves: 1
- Garlic: 1 tbsp paste (optional)
- Ginger: 1 tbsp paste
- Chilli: 1 chopped
- Coriander leaves: 1 tbsp chopped
- Kasoori Methi: ½ tbsp
- Yoghurt: ½ cup
- Tomato: ½ cup chopped
- Coriander powder: 1 tsp
- Turmeric powder: 1 tsp
- Chilli powder: ½ tsp
- Cumin powder: 1 tsp
- Garam masala: 1/2tsp
- Oil: 1 tsp
- Salt: to taste
- Mix red chilli powder, cumin powder, garam masala (or karahi masala), salt in yoghurt and add paneer cubes for marination.
- Now in a wok heat oil and then add cardamom, cinnamon, black pepper, cloves, bay leaf and then mix grated ginger.
- Once ginger turns brown add Pumpkin pieces with some salt and sauté it for 5 mins.
- Now add tomato pieces and cook it covered for 10 mins till pumpkin and tomato become soft and mushy.
- Now grind the masala and make a paste.
- Pour the paste in the wok and mix dry masalas like coriander powder, cumin powder, turmeric powder and bring to boil.
- Now add kasoori methi and mix marinated paneer pieces.
- You can alternatively shallow fry paneer pieces before mixing on the gravy.
- Garnish with coriander leaves and enjoy with hot chapati.