Saturday, 3 April 2010

Methi Chaman/Paneer methi gravy

Preparation time - 30mins
Serves - 4
Ingredients:
Paneer-250gms
Methi-250gms
2 big onions
1 cup chopped tomato
4 garlic pods
1 cup milk kova/whole curds
6 green chillies
4 dry red chillies
2 sps whole jeera
1 sp salt
1 sp chilly powder
2 pinches of turmeric powder
1/4 cup sunflower oil
Method:
  1. Slice paneer into cubes and fry them golden brown in a sauce pan with 2 sps of oil.
  2. Then,take them and dip in a bowl of water to retain the softness.
  3. In the same sauce pan,warm oil and fry jeera,garlic pods,slit green chillies,slit red chillies and saute for a min.
  4. Chop onions into fine pieces and add them to the pan.Fry till transparent.
  5. Now add washed and seperated methi leaves and mix well with onions.Fry for 2mins.
  6. Add chopped tomato pieces,salt,chilly powder,turmeric powder and fry for 3more mins.
  7. When done,switch off the heat,add kova/curds and mix well.
  8. Now add paneer cubes to it,mix evenly and close the lid for 5mins.
  9. Garnish with coriander and serve hot with rotis.
  10. Perfect dish for paneer lovers!
Optional:You can also have grated paneer instead of paneer cubes.That case,no need to fry paneer.Add the paneer grate directly in the end along with kova or curds.Kova gives a yummy taste.Curds give a tangy taste.So you can add either kova or curds according to your taste

2 comments:

priya said...

Hi Andhrachef,i'll try this too with schezwan fried rice;)sounds interesting,thanks a lot

Andhra chef said...

Thank you priya.

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