NAWABI PANEER CURRY

Nawabi Paneer Curry is one of the most delicious and famous Paneer recipes in India. This is one of the favorite of dish of the Nawabs. Try out this special Indian recipe Nawabi Paneer which is deliciously thick gravy dish, which can be made as a main course dish.
INGREDIENTS:
· 200 gm paneer/cottage cheese, cut into chunks
· 3 onions, chopped
· 2 tbsp ginger and garlic paste
· 2 green chilies, chopped
· 2 tomatoes or ½ cup tomato puree
· 25 gm cashew nuts
· 3 tbsp dry coconut powder or desiccated coconut
· ½ tsp red chilli powder
· ½ tsp cumin powder
· 1 tsp coriander powder
· ¼ tsp turmeric powder
· ½ tsp garam masala powder (see my post on garam masala )
· ½ cup curd
· a few strands of saffron dissolved in 2 tbsp milk or ¼ tsp kesar color
· 1 tsp kasuri methi/dried fenugreek leaves
· 1 tsp sugar
· salt to taste
METHOD OF PREPARATION:
· Fry cashew nuts for 1 minute and grind it along with dry coconut with little milk. Fry the onions in little oil till they are soft and done. And then grind it.
· Blanch the tomatoes and puree them. Fry the paneer in little oil or ghee for a minute or till they turn golden brown. Add curd to it (entire paneer should be coated well).In a non stick pan, take some oil.
· Add the onion paste and fry for 2 minutes. Add the ginger -garlic paste, green chilies and tomato puree. Let it boil.
· Add the red chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, turmeric and garam masala powder and mix it well. Then add the cashew and coconut paste.
· Finally add kesar color, salt, sugar, kasuri methi and the paneer mixture.
· Add 1 cup of water and let boil.
· Serve hot with steamed rice or pulkas.