Phalahari Kadhai Paneer – Recipe

(Cottage Cheese (Paneer) cubes cooked in rich tomato gravy, a Phalahari dish)

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Preparation time: 20 minutes

To serve: 4

Ingredients:

Paneer -250 gm

Tomato Puree – 200 gm

Cloves -4

Cinnamon stick -1”

 Green cardamom-2-3

Cumin seed -2-3

Pepper corns-3tsp

Tomatoes- 2

Ginger paste-1 tsp

Ginger juliennes-1 tbsp

Green chiies-3

Desi Ghee- 2 tbsp

Rock salt

Recipe: Cut the Paneer into 1” cubes.  Cut each tomato into 8 parts and deseed.  Slit the green chilies. Dry roast the cloves, Cinnamon stick, Cumin seeds, pepper corns and cardamoms. Remove from pan and allow cooling slightly.  Coarsely grind the spices.  Heat the ghee and add the ginger paste.  Saute it and add tomato puree.  Add half the ground spices and 1 cup of water and let it boil.  Add Paneer cubes and allow simmering for 5-6 minutes.  Add tomatoes and simmer for 2-3 minutes.  Add the ginger juliennes, remaining ground spices, slit green chilies.  Season with rock salt and serve hot.

pic courtesy:http://im.rediff.com/getahead/2013/apr/11recipe-phalhari-kadhai.jpg