Taste Buds - Paneer Pasanda

Enjoy sunday with your family and a rich dish of Paneer Pasanda with rice or tandoori. Here's how to make this fabulous dish.



Ingredients:

• 400 gms Cottage Cheese (Paneer)


• 5 Onion (Pyaj)


• 4 big Tomatoes (Tamatar)


• 1 " long piece Ginger (Adrak)


• 4 Green Chilly (Hari Mirch)


• 1 cup Cream (Malai)


• 1 cup Curd (Dahi)


• 1 big tsp Butter


• 1/2 tsp Red Chili Powder (Lal Mirchi)


• 1/4 tsp Turmeric (Haldi)


• 1 tsp Dried Pudina Leaves


• 1/2 tsp Garam Masala


• 1/2 cup Milk


• some roaster dry fruits (almonds, cashews etc.)


• coriander leaves to garnish

Method:

• Cut cottage cheese in samll square pieces.


• Chop onion very finely.


• Grind tomato, ginger, green chilly.


• Heat butter or ghee in a pan.


• Saute onions till reddish pink in color.


• Then add tomato paste.


• Continue cooking it on medium flame till ghee/oil begins to separate. Put off the flame.


• Let the mixture cool and then grind the mixture and make a thick paste.


• Take a bit of butter in the pan and add the past.


• Add cottage cheese, cream , curd, salt, red chili powder, turmeric, garam masala, dried poudina leaves and mix well. Keep it aside for an hour.


• Put the pan on the flame and then add milk to the mixture.


• Simmer for 5 minutes and then finally put off the gas.


• Take off the fire and serve hot with rice or tandoori.