Paneer Handi

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Ingredients

For Cashew Paste

  • 3 tablespoons cashews
  • ⅓ cup hot water
  • 3 to 4 tablespoons water for grinding cashews

Other Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons ghee
  • 1 small tej patta (indian bay leaf)
  • 1 inch cinnamon
  • 2 cloves
  • 2 green cardamoms
  • 2 single strands of mace
  • ⅓ cup chopped onions or 1 medium sized finely chopped onion
  • 1 teaspoon ginger-garlic paste or 1 inch ginger + 3 to 4 medium sized garlic, crushed in a mortar or pestle to a paste.
  • 1 green chilli - slit
  • 1 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves powder
  • ½ cup finely chopped tomatoes or 1 medium sized finely chopped tomato
  • ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder (ground turmeric)
  • ¼ teaspoon kashmiri red chilli powder
  • ½ teaspoon garam masala powder
  • 2 teaspoons milk powder - optional
  • 1 cup water
  • salt as required
  • 200 grams paneer (cottage cheese)
  • ½ teaspoon kasuri methi - crushed (dried fenugeek leaves)
  • 2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves (cilantro leaves)

How to make paneer handi

Making cashew paste

1. soak 3 tablespoons cashews in ⅓ cup hot water for 30 minutes.

cashews to make paneer handi recipe2. After 30 minutes, drain all the water and add cashews in a small grinder or blender jar. Also, add 3 to 4 tablespoons water.

cashews to make paneer handi recipe3.  grind cashews to a smooth paste. Keep cashew paste aside.

cashews to make paneer handi recipe4.  heat 2 tablespoons ghee in a handi or pan or kadai. Keep the flame to a low.

making paneer handi recipe5. Then add 1 small tej patta, 1 inch cinnamon, 2 cloves, 2 green cardamoms and 2 single strands of mace.

making paneer handi recipe6. Fry the spices for some seconds till they become aromatic.

making paneer handi recipe7. Then add ⅓ cup chopped onions.

making paneer handi recipe8. Mix and begin to saute onions on a low to medium flame.

making paneer handi recipe9. First the onions will turn translucent. Continue to saute them. For quick cooking of onions add a pinch of salt.

making paneer handi recipe10. Saute till the onions turn golden.

making paneer handi recipe11. Then add 1 teaspoon ginger-garlic paste, 1 green chili (slit) and 1 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves. Sauté for some seconds till the raw aroma of ginger and garlic goes away.

making paneer handi recipe12. Then add ½ cup finely chopped tomatoes.

making paneer handi recipe13. Mix the tomatoes and begin to saute them on a low to medium flame.

making paneer handi recipe14. Saute till the tomatoes turn pulpy and mushy. The tomatoes have to be cooked very well and oil should release from the sauteed onion-tomato mixture.

making paneer handi recipe15. Lower the flame and add ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder, ¼ teaspoon Kashmiri red chili powder and ½ teaspoon garam masala powder.

making paneer handi recipe16. Mix the spice powders and saute for half a minute.

making handi paneer recipeMaking paneer handi gravy


17. Add the cashew paste.

making handi paneer recipe18. Mix well.

making handi paneer recipe19. Stirring often saute the masala till you see oil releasing from the sides.

making handi paneer recipe20. Then add 2 teaspoons milk powder. Since I have not used cream, I have added milk powder. This is an optional step. If you have cream, then you can add 1 to 2 tablespoons of it once the gravy is done.

making handi paneer recipe21. Mix again very well.

making handi paneer recipe22. Now add 1 cup water.

making handi paneer recipe23. Stir and mix again to a smooth curry.

making handi paneer recipe24. Season with salt as per taste and mix again.

making handi paneer recipe25. Simmer the gravy for 6 to 7 minutes on medium-low flame. When the gravy is done you will see oil specks on the top.

making handi paneer recipe26. Then add 200 grams paneer cubes.

handi paneer recipe27. Then add ½ teaspoon kasuri methi (dried fenugeek leaves) which have been crushed. At this step you can also add 1 to 2 pinches of nutmeg powder or grated nutmeg.

handi paneer recipe28. Stir the handi paneer gravy and switch off the flame

paneer handi recipe29. Lastly add 2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves. Mix again.

paneer handi recipe30 Serve paneer handi hot with naan or chapati or plain paratha or butter naan or cumin rice.


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