Paneer Kuruma




This is a delicious gravy which suits chapathi, poori, parotta or naan. Yesterday I didn’t have any vegetables at home and I was going through the fridge and wow! there were paneer cubes in the freezer compartment from my previous project(homemade paneer) So I decided to do something with tjose pieces. I was searching for a recipe with paneer in my cook book and there I saw Paneer Kuruma. It is a Tamil Cook Book presented to every bride by their mother in our community. The book is PAAVAIARKKANA PALSUVAI MALAR. We call it as thoothukudi book. I prepared the dish as given in that book and my hubby liked it a lot. Now to the recipe………


The Recipe:
Ingredients:
Paneer- prepared from 1 lt milk
Potato-250gm(peeled and cut into small cubes)
Onion-2nos
Tomato-4or5
Cashew-8nos
Coconut-2cups(extract milk twice and keep them separate)
Cumin seeds and saunf-1tsp each

For the paste:
Red chilly-7or8
Garlic-6nos
Ginger-a small piece
Pepper-1tsp
Poppy seeds-2tsp
Onion-1
Coriander leaves-1/2cup(chopped)
Cinnamon-a small piece
Cardamom-3nos
Cloves-3nos

Procedure:

  1. Deep fry paneer in oil till glden brown. Remove from oil and drop them into water. This keeps paneer cubes soft.
  2. Roast cardamom, cloves and cinnamon in 1tsp ghee and add the other ingredients for the masala paste and grind it to a fine paste.
  3.  Heat oil and add cumin and saunf. When they crackle add onion and sauté till golden brown
  4. Add the masala paste and cook it till the raw smell is gone and oil is separated
  5. Add tomatoes, potatoes and the second coconut milk. Add turmeric powder and salt.
  6. When it boils keep the flame low and cook the potatoes. When they are cooked to 75% add the paneer cubes and first milk of coconut.
  7. Keep flame low and cover the pan and cook for 15 minutes.
  8. Garnish it with coriander leaves and serve hot with chapathi or roti.

Photo Tutorial:

Fry Paneer
When golden brown remove from oil and drop into water
Grind coconut and filter it through a sieve to get first milk
Repeat process to get second milk
Add masala paste, tomato and second milk
Add paneer and first milk
Ready to eat

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