Paneer Pasanda Recipe -Cottage Cheese in Spicy Yogurt Curry
Paneer Pasanda Recipe is delectable dish made from cottage cheese (paneer) and flavored with spices like cardamom and cooked in a spicy yogurt cashew nut curry. This recipe of paneer is different from the regular tomato based paneer dishes, it is light, creamy and flavorful. Try this recipe of paneer pasanda and you will begin to make it over and over again. Serve Paneer Pasanda Recipe with hot Roti or Chapati.
Ingredients
-
Main Ingredients
-
250 grams Paneer (Homemade Cottage Cheese)
-
cut into cubes
-
1 cup Curd (Dahi / Yogurt)
-
1/2 teaspoon Gram flour (besan)
-
1/4 teaspoon Red Chilli powder
-
1/2 teaspoon Kasuri Methi (Dried Fenugreek Leaves)
-
1/4 teaspoon Garam masala powder
-
Salt
-
to taste
-
Ingredients for the paste
-
6 Cashew nuts
-
1 Onion
-
finely chopped
-
2 Green Chillies
-
1 inch Ginger
-
2 cloves Garlic
-
1 Cardamom (Elaichi) Pods/Seeds
-
de-seeded
-
Other Ingredients
-
1 tablespoon Oil
Instructions
Step 1
To begin making the Paneer Pasanda Recipe, get all the ingredients ready and handy
Step 2
See how to make homemade paneer recipe
Step 3
Cut them into cubes and keep aside
Step 4
Grind the ingredients to be made into a paste and keep aside
Step 5
Whisk the yogurt, gram flour, kasuri methi, garam masala, red chilli powder and salt
Step 6
Keep aside
Step 7
Heat oil in a heavy bottomed wok; add in the onion cashewnut paste and saute on low to medium heat until the raw smell from the onions go away and the color changes to pink / golden
Step 8
Add in the yogurt mixture and keep stirring until the Pasanda gravy thickens
Step 9
Once the Paneer Pasanda gravy begins to thicken, add in the cubed paneer pieces and simmer for another 2 to 3 minutes
Step 10
Check the salt and spice levels and adjust to suit your taste
Step 11
Turn off the heat and serve the Paneer Pasanda along with Phulka, Naan or Tawa Paratha