Paneer Chatpata (Delicious Cottage Cheese Curry Vegetable)

Name: Paneer Chatpata (Delicious Cottage Cheese Curry Vegetable)
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 250 gm Paneer (Cottage cheese); 3 Small Onions; 3 Medium Tomatoes; 1 Small Capsicum (Green Bell Pepper/Shimla Mirchi); 5 Cashewnuts; 4 Garlic cloves; 1/2 inch Ginger; 1/4 tsp Cumin seeds; 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder; 1 tsp Bedgi Red chilli powder …….to be adjusted; 1 tsp Kashmiri red chilli powder; 1/2 tsp Coriander powder; 1/4 tsp Cumin powder; 1 tsp Paav Bhaaji masala / Garam Masala (as per choice); 1 tsp Kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves); 2 tbs Fresh Coriander leaves; 1 tsp Sugar; 1 tbs Cream; 1 tbs Butter; 2 tbs Oil for tempering; to taste Salt

Pooja M. Pandit @pan_poo_

#holi #curry
Paneer Chatpata is a mouthwatering cottage cheese preparation in an onion tomato curry. Paneer is quite famous in north India. Made from milk, paneer is a very good sauce of proteins for the vegetarians. It’s creamy taste blends well with any flavour and hence can be easily used to make a variety of dishes from appetisers, gravies to rice dishes.

Paneer is in short quite a healthy, nutritious and filling food item. In India, one can find loads of gravy dishes made using paneer. Nowadays, it has even been incorporated into the south Indian cuisine by restaurants wanting to attract more people to their food.

Here I am presenting a paneer gravy dish which is chatpata like Paav Bhaaji, the quintessential Indian street food which actually isn’t only a street food any more! Just as paav bhaaji loved by one and all, paneer chatpata is sure to tingle your taste buds equally.

Pooja M. Pandit @pan_poo_

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Ingredients

4 servings

250 gmPaneer (Cottage cheese)
3Small Onions
3Medium Tomatoes
1Small Capsicum (Green Bell Pepper/Shimla Mirchi)
5Cashewnuts
4Garlic cloves
1/2 inchGinger
1/4 tspCumin seeds
1/4 tspTurmeric powder
1 tspBedgi Red chilli powder …….to be adjusted
1 tspKashmiri red chilli powder
1/2 tspCoriander powder
1/4 tspCumin powder
1 tspPaav Bhaaji masala / Garam Masala (as per choice)
1 tspKasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves)
2 tbsFresh Coriander leaves
1 tspSugar
1 tbsCream
1 tbsButter
2 tbsOil for tempering
to tasteSalt

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Steps

1

To make Paneer Chatpata, first start with finely chopping two of the given onions and cutting the third onion into medium sized cubes. Cube the capsicum and keep aside.
2

Grind the ginger and garlic into a fine paste. Grind the cashewnuts with the tomatoes to make a smooth puree.
3

Heat together the oil and butter in a saucepan and add the cumin seeds to it. When they crackle add the finely chopped onions and saute till transparent.
4

Now add the ginger garlic paste and saute. Cover and cook for a while.
5

Add the cubed capsicum and onion and mix well. Saute, cover and cook again till they turn soft. Add all the mentioned spice powders except the garam masala and mix.
6

When the onions and capsicum are soft, add the tomato and cashewnuts puree and mix well. Add salt to taste and sugar as well.
7

Cover and cook till gravy thickens. When tomatoes are cooked, add about 1/4 cup of water to the thickened gravy. Bring to a boil.
8

On a medium hot griddle, spread the kasuri methi for a while till it becomes crisp. Crush with fingers and add to above gravy and mix. Add the paav bhaaji masala too and give it a good stir.
9

Cut the paneer into medium sized cubes. Add to the gravy. Check seasoning and add some water too if required to adjust the consistency of the gravy.
10

Add the cream and garnish with fresh chopped coriander leaves.
11

Serve hot with Khastaa Parathaas or Jeera Rice.

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Pooja M. Pandit @pan_poo_

on January 23, 2019 13:46

I am a home cook, and I like to cook traditional as well as fusion food. Learnt to cook by trial and error and lots of experiments, reading cook books and watching cooking shows whether Indian or from abroad! I like to be perfect in my work, and the same applies to cooking as well! I have a blog on WordPress.com https://tastyrecipesfrompooja.wordpress.com/ where I share the recipes of my home cooked food!