Today I am going to share with you a much loved recipe that I have been cooking when guests arrive at a very short notice. It is called Shahi Paneer which loosely translated in Indian means Royal Cottage Cheese. It is a simple recipe that cooks fast, almost in three minutes, and something that you won’t usually find in Indian restaurants.
Paneer can be easily made at home. You can buy a ready made at any grocery store. Shahi Paneer, also called Royal Paneer, features cubes of fresh cottage cheese in a richly-spiced tomato cream sauce. Like many "royal" dishes from India's Mughal cuisine, it features a slightly sweet, Persian-inflected spice combination from Mughal era. Although I am normally a bit shy about the mixing of sweet and savory but this dish calls for the beautiful blend of sweet and sour.
Ingredients:
2 cups Paneer(farmers Cheese) cut into cubes, 1 cup tomato puree, 3 medium size tomatoes, ¾ cup cream, ½ cup ketchup, salt to taste, 1 tsp powdered sugar, 1 tsp cumin seeds, 1 tsp brown mustard seeds, 1 tbsp cooking oil, ½ cup tomato ketchup
Method:
Heat oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds and mustard seeds. Reduce the flame and add tomato puree. In a mixer puree fresh tomatoes and add to the mix. Let it boil. Add salt and sugar. Add paneer cubes and let it simmer for a few seconds. Add ketchup and simmer for another 30 seconds. Just before eating heat the mix and then add cream. Enjoy with Nan or Parantha.
Note: If you don’t want to add cream you may replace it with plain yogurt.
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