Paneer Bhurji is a very famous dish. Crumbled Paneer are cooked with spices and its a perfect breakfast dish or accompaniment for Indian Bread. Paneer Bhurji masala, is concocted with crumbled paneer, onion-tomato-cashew gravy. This is a very rich and delicious vegetarian gravy that is a perfect accompaniment for any Indian Bread. Most of is like paneer so much and this would be a great paneer dish to impress your family.
Preparation and Yield:
Preparation time
15 mins
Cooking Time
40 mins
Servings
5
Recipe Category
Veg Gravy
Recipe Cuisine
North Indian
Paneer Bhurji Masala Recipe
Ingredients:
Paneer
350gms
Onion
2 sliced into 4 pieces
Tomato
2 Chopped
Cashews
15
Cinnamon
1″ piece
Cardamom
3
Cloves
4
Peppercorns
1/2 teaspoon
Red Chilli
3
Ginger-Garlic Paste
1 tablespoon
Turmeric Powder
1/4 teaspoon
Coriander Powder
1 teaspoon
Red Chilli Powder
1 teaspoon
Salt
To taste
Finely Chopped Coriander Leaves
1/4 Cup
Oil
2 tablespoon
Kasoori Methi (Dry fenugreek leaves)
1 tablespoon (Optional)
For Seasoning:
Ghee
2 tablespoon
Cumin seeds
1 teaspoon
Paneer Bhurji Masala Recipe
Method:
Heat a sauce pan and 2 cups of water. Peel & Quarter the onions and add it to the boiling water along with cashews. Cook the onions fro 5 minutes or until soft. Drain the water and allow the cooked onions and cashews to cool
Add the cooked onions and cashews to the mixer jar and grind it to a nice paste
In a sauce pan, add oil. Add cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, peppercorns, red chillies and saute it for few minutes. Add ginger-garlic paste and saute for few seconds
Add chopped tomatoes and cook everything till the tomatoes are mushy
Cool the tomato mixture and add it to the jar. Grind it to a smooth paste and set it aside
Take cubed paneer in a bowl. Add hot water and allow it to sit for 10 minutes. Then drain the water and crumble or grate the paneer and set it aside
Heat ghee in a sauce pan, add cumin seeds and allow it to sputter. Then, add onion-cashew paste and cook in low flame for 5 minutes.
Then add tomato-spice paste and cook for another 5 minutes. To this gravy, add turmeric powder, coriander powder, red chili powder, salt and mix well.
After 5 minutes, add crumbled paneer and mix well. You can crush kasoori methi and add it to the mixture at this stage. Finally add chopped coriander leaves and transfer it to the serving bowl
Serve the tasty and delicious Paneer bhurji masala with roti and enjoy the dish!
