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Saturday, December 15, 2007

PANEER COCONUT GRAVY RECIPE

Ingredients:


250 gms Cottage Cheese (Paneer)
3 Onion (Pyaj)
4 - 5 cloves Garlic (Lasun)
1 " long piece Ginger (Adrak)
4 Tomato (Tamatar)
Coriander Leaves (Dhania Patta)
2 fresh red chillies
1/2 tsp Cumin Seed (Jeera)
1 tsp Coriander Seeds Powder (Dhania Powder)
1/2 tsp Red Chili Powder (Lal Mirchi)
1/2 tsp Sugar
3 tblsp Groundnut (Moong Fali) Powder
1 cup Coconut Milk
1 tsp Lime or Lemon Juice (Nimbu)
2 tblsp Clarified Butter (Ghee)

How to make paneer coconut gravy:

* Cut paneer in squares.
* Grind onions to a paste.
* Grind tomatoes finely.
* Grind ginger (adrak), garlic (lasun) to a paste.
* Chop coriander leaves (dhania patta) very finely.
* Chop fresh red chillies very finely.
* Roast the groundnuts and grind them to a fine paste.
* To make coconut milk, grate fresh coconut and mince in a grinder with 1 cup of water. Sieve the mixture and coconut milk is ready.
* Heat clarified butter (ghee) in a pan.
* Add cumin seed (jeera), onion (pyaj) and pink it, stirring continously.
* Add the ginger garlic paste and stir it for 1 minute
* Now add tomato and fresh red chilly.
* Cook for sometime and then add tomato (tamatar).
* Continue cooking it on medium flame till ghee/oil begins to separate.
* Add coriander seeds powder (dhania powder), red chili powder (lal mirchi), salt, sugar groundnut (moong fali) powder, coconut milk.
* Add the paneer pieces and let the gravy cook till it thickens.
* Take off the fire and serve hot garnish it with well chopped coriander leaves.

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