The end of school year in Singapore. My kids have vacations and I seem to be busier in holidays, than the school days..!! I am not cooking much, and the holidays are just passing by....! My son's friend's mom(Thank-you-- Shuvali), sent me a delicious chicken.... which we all liked so much and made me cook something new again. As I didn't have chicken at home, I decided to make the recipe with paneer. I loved the flavor.
Would you like to taste....? :)
Ingredients:
- 400 gms paneer cubes
- 1/2 cup greek yogurt (or regular curd. Hang it for an hour to get the thick waterless curd)
- 1 tsp each of nigella seeds, cumin seeds, mustard seeds, fennel seeds
- 1/2 tsp of fenugreek seeds
- 1/4 tsp asafoetida
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp of coriander and cumin powder
- 1 tsp of garam masala
- 1 large red onion
- 2 tomatoes
- 5 cloves of garlic
- 1 inch piece of ginger
- 4 green chilies
- salt about 1 tsp or to taste
- 1- 3 tsp of mustard oil (or any regular oil or ghee, mustard oil flavor is really nice)
- More tomato, coriander leaves, or ginger to garnish
Recipe:
- Slit the green chilies, chop the onion and tomato, grate the ginger and garlic to paste.
- Heat mustard oil in a pan.
- Add the dry spices.(cumin, mustard, fennel, nigella and fenugreek)
- Heat them for about half a minute, add turmeric and asafoetida.
- Now add the ginger - garlic paste, onions and then the tomatoes. Saute them for 30 seconds to a minute after each addition.
- Add the cumin and coriander powder and saute till the masala is cooked.
- Now add paneer cubes and mix well.
- Cook for about 5-7 minutes.
- Lower the heat, add salt and garam masala.
- Add the greek yogurt and mix it in with the paneer and let it cook on a low flame for 3-5 minutes.
- Garnish with more tomatoes, coriander leaves and slit chilies or ginger matchsticks.
- A very yummy side for roti, parathas or naans.
Quantity:
- 3-4 servings with other accompaniments like roti, chapati, naan or parathas.
Note:
- This recipe can also be made with chicken. As my son says, it tastes better with chicken :)
- Marinate the chicken with salt, turmeric and greek yogurt (or hung curd) for about 2-3 hours before cooking it.
