Niramish Paneer (Paneer without onion and garlic)

Name: Niramish Paneer (Paneer without onion and garlic)
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 2 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 200 gms paneer diced; 4 tomatoes; 150 gms cashew; 2 tbsp poppy seeds; 1 inch ginger; 2 green chillies; 2 tbsp oil; 2 cinnamon stick; 2 cardamom pods; 2 cloves; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp sugar; 2 tbsp curd; 1 tsp Kasuri methi; 2 tbsp fresh cream; 1 small green capsicum cubed; 2 slices sliced tomato; 2 tsp coriander seeds; 4 dry red chillies; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 1 tsp black pepper

Soumini Bhattacherjee @SouminiBhattacherjee

Bengaluru

#CA2025
Indian regional gems:
Niramish paneer ( Paneer without onion and garlic)
Desi and Videsi
Week 22

Soumini Bhattacherjee @SouminiBhattacherjee

Bengaluru

#CA2025
Indian regional gems:
Niramish paneer ( Paneer without onion and garlic)
Desi and Videsi
Week 22

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Ingredients

45 minutes

2 people

200 gmspaneer diced
4tomatoes
150 gmscashew
2 tbsppoppy seeds
1 inchginger
2green chillies
2 tbspoil
2cinnamon stick
2cardamom pods
2cloves
1 tspsalt
1 tspsugar
2 tbspcurd
1 tspKasuri methi
2 tbspfresh cream
1small green capsicum cubed
2 slicessliced tomato
For the dry masala:
2 tspcoriander seeds
4dry red chillies
1 tspcumin seeds
1 tspblack pepper

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Steps

45 minutes

1

Take paneer, dice it into small pieces, smear salt and keep aside.
2

Heat oil in a pan and once it gets heated add the paneer cubes till light golden brown.
3

Now prepare a paste with tomatoes, cashews, poppy seeds, ginger and green chillies.
4

Now heat oil in a kadai and once hot add the cinnamon, cardamom and cloves.
5

Now add the prepared tomato paste and keep stirring for 10 minutes or till oil starts to separate.
6

Now grind the dry roasted i red chillies, cumin, pepper,coriander seeds to form a coarse dry masala.
7

Now add the dry roasted masala in the kadai and mix well.
8

Now add curd to the gravy and mix well.
9

Now add the fried paneer and mix well.
10

Now add green capsicum cubes, tomato slices and mix well.
11

Now add kasuri methi, garam masala and mix well.
12

Finally add fresh cream, mix well and serve.