- firstly, in a large kadai heat oil and saute cumin seeds till they turn aromatic.
- further add onions, green chilli and ginger-garlic paste.
- saute well till the onions turn slightly golden brown.
- now add tomatoes and saute till they turn soft and mushy.
- additionally, add ½ tsp red chilli powder, ¼ tsp turmeric, ½ tsp garam masala powder and salt to taste.
- roast the spices on low flame for a minute.
- furthermore add crumbled paneer / cottage cheese and mix gently.
- mix gently without mashing out paneer.
- cover and simmer for 3 minutes till the paneer gets cooked well. do not over cook paneer, as they turn hard and chewy.
- also add crushed kasuri methi and coriander leaves.
- mix gently, making sure everything is combined well.
- finally, serve paneer bhurji hot with chapathi or paratha.
Paneer Bhurji is a popular and delicious North Indian breakfast recipe made from crumbled paneer (Indian Cottage Cheese). This Paneer Bhurji Recipe is Punjabi Style and way it is made in my home.
PANEER BHURJI
#myrecipe
By Manpreet Kaur
May, 22nd
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Servings
2 persons
Cook Time
20 minutes
Ingredients
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Ingredients
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp cumin seeds / jeera
- 1 medium sized onion (finely chopped)
- salt to taste
- green chilli (finely chopped)
- 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste / adrak lasun ka paste
- ½ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder / lal mirch powde
- 1 medium sized tomato (finely chopped)
- ¼ tsp turmeric / haldi
- ½ tsp garam masala powder
- 2 cup paneer / cottage cheese (crumbled)
- 1 tsp kasuri methi / dry fenugreek leaves crushed
- 2 tbsp coriander leaves (finely chopped)
Instructions
Notes/Tips
firstly, use fresh homemade paneer for more juicy and tasty paneer bhurji. also instead of chili powder, add pav bhaji masala for more flavours. additionally, add finely chopped capsicum to make bhurji more colourful. finally, paneer bhurji taste great when served hot and slightly spicy.
