PANEER MAKHANA CURRY RECIPE

Ingredients:


2 cup Makhana
250 gms Cottage Cheese (Paneer)
4 Onion (Pyaj)
4 Tomato (Tamatar)
1 " long piece Ginger (Adrak)
4 - 5 cloves Garlic (Lasun)
1/2 cup Cream (Malai)
2 cup Milk
1 tsp Red Chily Powder (Lal Mirchi)
1/4 tsp Turmeric (Haldi)
1/2 tsp Dried Pudina Leaves
1 cup Cashewnut (Kaju)
1/2 tsp Garam Masala
1 tblsp Poppy seeds (Khuskhus)
Coriander Leaves (Dhania Patta)
4 tblsp Clarified Butter (Ghee)

How to make shahi paneer makhana curry:

* Heat clarified butter in a pan.
* Fry makhana in the ghee.
* Cut cottage cheese in samll pieces.
* Mince onion, tomato, garlic, ginger.
* Cut cashewnut in samll pieces.
* Soak poppy seeds in 1/4 cup of water.
* After 1 hour grind the soaked poppy seeds to a fine paste.
* Chop coriander leaves very finely.
* Heat clarified butter in a pan.
* Add onion, tomato, garlic, ginger paste and brown it, stirring continously.
* Add poppy seeds and fry for 2 minutes and then turn off the gas.
* To this mixture add makhana, cottage cheese, cream , salt, red chili pepper, turmeric, dried pudina leaves.
* Keep this mixture aside for half an hour.
* After half an hour put the pan on the flame and add milk.
* When it comes to a boil add 3 cups of water.
* Simmer it till the makahana are completely done and soft.
* Then add cashewnuts and garam masala.
* After 1 minute put the flame.
* Transfer the mixture to a dish and sprinkle some corainder on it.
* Serve it hot with nan, roti or parantha.