Tawa Paneer
Tawa Paneer. A delicious paneer or Indian style cottage cheese dish that is cooked in onions and a smooth makhani sauce. So good with parathas.
Ingredients
For the Makhni Gravy
- 2+1 tbsp Butter
- 5 Red tomatoes chopped roughly
- 2 Smashed garlic cloves
- ½ Inch Piece of ginger
- 1 Green chili
- 1 tbsp Kashmiri Red Chili powder
- 2 Cloves
- 2 Green cardamoms
- 10 Soaked and peeled almonds
- 1 tsp Brown sugar/ honey
- 2 cups Water
For the Tawa Paneer
- 400 gm Paneer
- 2 tbsp Ghee
- 1 tsp Ajwain (carom seeds)
- 2 Red onions, finely chopped
- 2 tbsp Ginger-garlic-green chili coarse paste
- 1 tsp Kashmiri Red Chili powder
- 1 tbsp Coriander powder
- ¼ tsp Garam masala powder
- ½ cup Chopped green coriander leaves
- Salt (to taste)
Instructions
Makhni Gravy
- Heat a pan with 2 tbsp butter and add 4-5 roughly chopped red tomatoes, 2 smashed garlic cloves, a small piece of grated ginger and 1 chopped green chilli.
- Add 1 tsp Kashmiri chili powder, 2 cloves, 2 cardamoms, 8/10 soaked & peeled almonds, 2 cups of water and let this simmer for 15-20 minutes.
- Once the tomatoes are cooked well, remove the cloves and cardamom.
- Cool and blend into a purée.
- Strain and simmer the purée in a pan again with 1 tsp brown sugar/ honey and 1 tbsp butter for about 5 minutes and remove.
Tawa Paneer
- I used 400gm Paneer here, and cut into medium sized cubes.
- Place them in warm water for 15 min before tossing into the pan.
- In a kadhai/ heavy tawa/ skillet, heat 2 tbsp ghee (preferably).
- Add 1 tsp ajwain and once they crackle, add 2 large red onions finely chopped along with 2 tbsp ginger-garlic-green chilies coarsely ground.
- Sauté them on medium flame until cooked well and light brown.
- Add 1 tsp Kashmiri red chili powder and 1 tbsp coriander powder. Mix and add the paneer cubes. Mix well for a couple of minutes.
- Now add a cup of the makhni gravy and keep sautéing gently until the paneer gets coated well and masala gets thicker.
- Add salt to taste. Mix gently.
- Add a pinch of garam masala, fresh coriander leaves and serve hot.
- This paneer is so good with hot ghee rotis and parathas.