PANEER MAKHANA CURRY

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By Pooja Sanghavi

Oct, 29th

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Servings
3 persons
Cook Time
30 minutes
Ingredients
14 - 16

Ingredients

  • 2 cup Makhana
  • 250 gms Cottage Cheese (Paneer)
  • 4 Onion (Pyaj)
  • 4 Tomato (Tamatar)
  • 1" long piece Ginger (Adrak)
  • 4 - 5 cloves Garlic (Lasun)
  • 1/2 cup Cream (Malai)
  • 2 cup Milk
  • 1 tsp Red Chily Powder (Lal Mirchi)
  • 1/4 tsp Turmeric (Haldi)
  • 1/2 tsp Dried Pudina Leaves
  • 1 cup Cashewnut (Kaju)
  • 1/2 tsp Garam Masala
  • 1 tblsp Poppy seeds (Khuskhus)
  • Coriander Leaves (Dhania Patta)
  • 4 tblsp Clarified Butter (Ghee)

Instructions

  • Heat clarified butter in a pan. Fry makhana in the ghee. Cut cottage cheese in samll pieces. Mince onion, tomato, garlic, ginger.
  • Cut cashewnut in samll pieces. Soak poppy seeds in 1/4 cup of water. After 1 hour grind the soaked poppy seeds to a fine paste.
  • Chop coriander leaves very finely. Heat clarified butter in a pan. Add onion, tomato, garlic, ginger paste and brown it, stirring continously.
  • Add poppy seeds and fry for 2 minutes and then turn off the gas. To this mixture add makhana, cottage cheese, cream , salt, red chili pepper, turmeric, dried pudina leaves. Keep this mixture aside for half an hour.
  • After half an hour put the pan on the flame and add milk. When it comes to a boil add 3 cups of water. Simmer it till the makahana are completely done and soft. Then add cashewnuts and garam masala.
  • After 1 minute put the flame. Transfer the mixture to a dish and sprinkle some corainder on it. Serve it hot with nan, roti or parantha.