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.
  

Sunehra Paneer

Sunehra Paneer 
Restaurant style Paneer cooked in rich delicious, silky aromatic gravy will just melt in your mouth, it is perfect blend of spiciness and sweetness .

Ingredients:

• 200 gms cottage cheese
• 2 medium sized onions paste
• 3-4 medium sized tomatoes
• 1 tbsp ginger garlic and green chilly paste 
• 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
• 1-2 cloves
• 1 big cardamom
• 3-4 green cardamom
• 2 tbsp kasuri methi
• 10-15 cashews soaked in water
• 2-3 tbsp beaten curd
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 sticks butter
• 1/4 cup cream
• Salt to taste
• 1/4 tsp sugar
• Red chilly powder to taste
• 1/2 tsp coriander powder
• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
• 2-3 tbsp oil

Method:

• Cut cottage cheese into rectangular pieces and set aside.

• In a deep bottom pan heat oil add cumin seeds, cloves, crushed green and big cardamom, cook for a minute.
• Add ginger garlic and chilly paste, saute till it leaves aroma, then add onion paste and fry till light brown in colour.

• Blend together tomatoes and cashews and saute till oil separates, put salt, red chilly powder,coriander powder, turmeric powder and saute for a minute.
• Add beaten curd and stir well, now add butter, cream, milk, kasuri methi, sugar and bring it to a boil, reduce flame and cook for 2-3 minutes.

• Add paneer cubes and cook for 2-3 minutes and simmer the flame.Discard whole masalas before serving.

• Switch off flame and garnish with coriander leaves.