Paneer Jalfrezi

Paneer Jalfrezi is a quick stir fry cottage cheese preparation tossed along with carrots, bell peppers, onions and tomatoes.
Make this restaurant style Paneer Jalfrezi when you have sudden guests at home.
Ready in a jiffy, it tastes absolutely delicious with naan, paratha or just steamed rice.

For more paneer/cottage cheese recipes click on the links below
Sesame paneer
Dum Paneer Kali Mirch
Sunhera Paneer
Kadhai Paneer
Paneer peda
Ingredients:

• 200 gms cottage cheese (cubed or fingers)
• 2 medium sized onions sliced
• 3 tomatoes pureed
• 1/2 tbsp ginger garlic paste
• 1/2 cup carrot cut into long strips
• 1/2 cup capsicum cut into long strips
• 3-4 baby corns sliced (optional)
• 2 tomatoes cubed
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1/2 tsp nigella seeds
• 2  dried whole red chillies
• 1 tsp red chilli powder
• 1 tsp coriander powder
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
• Salt to taste
• 1 tsp garam masala powder
• 1 tsp kasuri methi 
• 2-3  tbsp oil
• Few twigs of coriander leaves to garnish

Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes
Yields: 4 servings

Directions:

• Heat oil in pan, shallow fry the cottage cheese fingers until golden brown.
• Drain cottage cheese on an absorbent paper and keep aside.
• In the same pan add cumin seeds, nigella seeds and whole red chillies.
• When the seeds splutter add the sliced onions and cook till they turn translucent.
• Next, add ginger garlic paste and saute till fragrant.
• Now add the sliced vegetables, salt and half a cup of water and cook for 4-5 minutes.
• Add tomato puree and cook till the rawness of the tomatoes is gone.
• Now add the dry spice powders and cook for 2 minutes.
• Next add cubed tomatoes and cottage cheese and cook for a minute on low flame.
• Top it with crushed kasuri methi and garam masala powder.
• Garnish with fresh coriander leaves, serve hot.
• I paired it with fresh steamed rice and minty lacha paratha and it was absolutely delicious.