Paneer Pasanda is an another scrumptious, creamy and rich Paneer gravy. Crumbled or Grated Paneer with chopped nuts and golden raisins mixed together for stuffing. This stuffing is extremely delicious. This stuffing is stuffed inside Paneer triangles and shallow fried and then added to the tomato-onion gravy. Once, I went to a Birthday Party hosted by a Punjabi Family. One of the main main course was Naan which was served with Paneer Pasanda. Punjabi's love Paneer and they are expertise in making homemade paneer. With homemade paneer, the Pasanda tasted so divine.

We can also have the Paneer Pasanda Pakoda served as a snack. Enjoy each bite of Pasanda pakoda as it has coarsely chopped nuts along with raisins and crumbled paneer. We can even make this filling and coat it with maida paste and dust it with bread crumbs and deep fry them. This will make a yummy and crunchy snack too !

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Tips for making Paneer Pasanda:

We can add unsweetened khoya to the crumbled paneer to make the filling even more richer.
We can cut the paneer to triangle or even rectangular pieces. Make sure the paneer pieces are little thick to stuff the crumbled paneer mixture.
If you have nut allergy, you can skip adding nuts in the filling. Also for gravy, we can replace cashews with poppy seeds which gives a nutty flavor.
Shallow cook the stuffed paneer triangle pieces in low flame to make sure its not getting burnt. Flip and cook so its evenly fried.
If you like, you can coat the corn flour dipped paneer in bread crumbs and deep fry till they are golden brown.
We can prepare the gravy ahead and refrigerate it. Whenever we want, we can prepare the pasanda, reheat the gravy, add the pasanda in the gravy and serve hot!
Make the gravy in a pourable consistency. Do not make it too thick.
We can add fresh cream before switching off the flame. We can substitute fresh cream with coconut cream too.
Relish with Pulao, or Naan or Paratha!

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Instructions for making Pasanda:

Take cashews, almonds and pistachios in a mixer and grind it to a coarse powder.

Take 100gms of paneer and soak it in warm water for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, crumble the paneer nicely and take it in a bowl. To the crumbled paneer add chopped coriander leaves. To the mixing bowl now add ground nuts and raisins

Mix the filling well. The nuts and raisins gets nicely incorporated with the crumbled paneer. Now our filling is ready. Take the remaining paneer. Chop the paneer into slightly thicker triangular pieces.

Take two triangular paneer and stuff it with the Paneer-nuts stuffing

Close the triangular paneer pieces nicely. Repeat the steps for rest of the paneer and stuffing

Heat a pan with oil for shallow frying. In a bowl add corn starch and maida and add water to make it a paste. Coat each paneer triangular stuffins inside the corn-maida paste. The corn-maida paste nicely seals the traingles so that the stuffings doesn't get open up in frying. Gently place 4-5 coasted paneer pasanda in the pan and shallow fry them on both the sides till they are slightly golden brown color and turns crispy. Repeat for rest of the pasanda.

Now our yummy and crunchy Paneer Pasandas are ready. Lets prepare the gravy!

Method for making Paneer Pasanda Gravy:

Heat a pan and add oil. When the oil is hot, add cinnamon stick, cloves, cumin seeds. When the cumin seeds starts to sputter, add finely chopped onions along with a pinch of salt and saute it nicely till they are transparent. Then add chopped tomatoes along with red chilli powder, coriander powder, garam masala and salt and mix well.

Close the pan with a lid and allow the tomatoes to cook and becomes mushy. When the tomatoes are nicely cooked, switch off the flame and allow it to cool, Once the masala is cooled off, grind it to a nice paste. Heat a pan and add the ground masala. Keep the flame low and allow the masala to cook for 5 minutes.

Then take kasoori methi and crush it between your palms and add it to the gravy. Allow the gravy to boil in low flame for couple more minutes and then garnish with coriander leaves and switch off the flame

Now our gravy is ready. Take a serving bowl and place 2-3 Paneer Pasanda and pour the gravy and serve it immediately. Do not boil the pasanda with the gravy. Just add the Pasanda right before serving and enjoy the crunchy Paneer Pasanda gravy with any Indian Breads!

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