Enjoy ‘Masala Paneer’ at Your Home with This Easy Recipe at FoodPanache

1. Enjoy ‘Masala Paneer’ at Your Home with This Easy Recipe at FoodPanache FoodPanache is a leading food directory of home chef. It provides you with an opportunity to make your own identity as a cooking talent through our website www.foodpanache.com. We provide you with a platform to enhance your cooking business based out of your house and make money out of it. In our today's blog, we are sharing the recipe of Masala Paneer. The credit for this recipe goes to our FoodPanache group member ‘Ritu Ahuja'. She is a food blogger and writes her blogs on “scrumptiousindianrecipes.com”. We at FoodPanache want to provide an opportunity to these talented people, who have passion and love for food and want to take their dreams ahead. Our target is to give a platform to these talented home chefs so that they may reach the right audience.

2. Going forward, we are here sharing the recipe of a popular Indian dish i.e. ‘Masala Paneer’. Preparation Time: 10 minutes Cooking Time: 30 minutes Total Time: 40 minutes Yield: Serve 4 Recipe Type: Lunch, Dinner Cuisine: Indian Ingredients for Masala Paneer: 200 grams Paneer chopped in small squares (Indian cottage cheese) 1 Teaspoon cumin seeds Pinch of asafoetida 8 Chopped garlic cloves 1 Piece of grated ginger 2 Chopped green chillies 1 Cardamom 1 Dry red chilly Salt according to taste

3. 2 Cloves 12 Cashews 2 Chopped onions 6 Crushed tomatoes 1 Teaspoon garam masala 1/2 Teaspoon kashmiri lal mirch/red chilly powder 1 Teaspoon pepper 1 Teaspoon coriander powder 1/4 Teaspoon turmeric Pinch of sugar Oil Chopped coriander leaves for garnishing Preparation for Masala Paneer : 1. Soak cashews in the water for few minutes, drain it and grind it in a fine paste. 2. Heat oil in a pan, add cumin seeds, add asafoetida. 3. When it splutter, add cloves, cardamom and cashew paste. 4. Also add chopped garlic, onion, ginger and green chillies in it. 5. When onions turn light brown, add crushed tomato.

4. 6. Add coriander powder, garam masala, turmeric, red chilly powder, pepper, salt and sugar. 7. Mix well and let it cool down. 8. Blend the whole tadka (mixture) in grinder. 9. Add it back in a pan and add 2 tablespoon water in it. 10. Cook it on low flame for few more minutes. 11. Cut paneer into small cubes. 12. Add it in the gravy and cook for 2 minutes. 13. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with Indian flatbread or rice. Note: You can add cream or butter to thicken the gravy, but if you want to keep it light then you can prepare without it. You can adjust sugar according to your taste, if you like it sweet you can add more sugar. A perfect and delicious Masala Paneer is ready to eat. You can give a lot of variations to this dish by adding dumplings or peas in it. Masala Paneer is a north Indian gravy dish, which is served in most of the restaurants in North India. The best part about it is

5. that you can prepare it in a jiffy when guests are coming to your place. Get ready to cook this aromatic dish that is full of flavours and aroma of Indian spices. Simply, follow the above steps and get this beautiful sweet and spicy gravy in no time. If you have any questions related to this recipe or any other query, drop your comment or write us at foodpanache@gmail.com. You can also post your recipes with us on our Group. Don't forget to like our Facebook page to get more interesting recipes and exciting cooking tips. For more information visit @ foodpanache.com