Stir fried Paneer is a great main dish for any special
occasion. Paneer and colorful bell peppers are sauteed in spicy tomato gravy.
It is so colorful that it gives pleasure to our eyes and so yummy that
everybody loves it.
Recipe serves 4.
Ingredients:
½ kg paneer
1 medium red bell pepper (shimla mirch, capsicum)
1 medium green bell pepper (shimla mirch, capsicum)
1 medium yellow bell pepper (shimla mirch, capsicum)
3 tablespoons oil
3 medium tomatoes
About 1/4 inch piece of ginger
1 green chili
1 teaspoon cumin seed (jeera)
1 and 1/2 tablespoons coriander powder (dhania)
1/2 teaspoon turmeric (haldi)
3/4 teaspoon salt to
taste
Method:
Cut paneer and bell peppers into 1 inch long pieces.
Blend the tomatoes, ginger, and green chili to make a puree.
Heat the oil in frying pan on medium heat and stir fry
paneer for about 2 minutes – take them out before paneer starts changing color.
Next stir-fry bell pepper until they are tender. Do not over
cook the bell pepper. Take them out and drain on a paper towel.
Using the same frying pan, Test the oil by adding one cumin
seed to the oil; if seed cracks right away oil is ready.
Add the cumin seeds.
After the cumin seeds crack, add the tomato puree, coriander
powder, turmeric. cook for about 4
minutes on medium heat.
Tomato mixture will reduce to about half in volume.
Add about 2 spoons of water, and the salt.
Wait till gravy comes to boil add paneer and bell pepper and
let it simmer for about five minutes on low medium heat.
Now it is ready to serve.