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Paneer Kadai

"I dont know what this girl is going to do once she is married...i pity the guy who marries her"
This is the usual dialouge my amma used to tell me or all my aunties and appa. I used to hate entering into kitchen and thought of preparing something for the entire family, then cleaning it up, Oh my God! " i would never be able to do it"

My brother all the time used to say that no body will get anything if they come to my place. My bro and me were stayng together before my marriage and there also most of the time my bro who would cook for me :(

I always belived that the responsibilty and the situation makes a person to learn everthing under the sun.

Its been long time i didnt cook anything with Paneer. I found tomatoes, capsicum in the fridge. So prepared Paneer Kadai

Paneer Kadai

(Indian cottage cheese cooked with Tangy tomotes, onions & capsicum )

Preparation Time:10 min

Cooking Time:20min

Serves: 2

Ingredients

250gms paneer cut into chunks

2 medium capsicum

1 medium onion

2 medium tomatoes

1 tsp ginger garlic paste

1 tsp garam masala

1/2 tsp turmeric powder

1 tsp redchilli powder/green chilli

salt to taste

1/4 tsp sugar

2 tsp oil

1 tsp butter

1 tsp jeera

corriander leaves for garnishing

Method

Cut the paneer into 1/2 to 1" chunks and take a kadai put the butter into into and fry the paneer till it turns into golden brown. Keep aside the paneer.

Take a pan add oil and jeers wait till jeera crackles. Add the onion and fry till transparent and add the GG paste fry for a minute. Add the chopped tomatoes to it fry till it leaves water. Add cut capsicum to it fry till tomotoes are cookes. Just sprinkle water. Add turmeric poweder, salt, sugar, turmeric powder, garam masala and mix properly and close the lid for 5 minutes

Once the masala is blended properly add the fried paneer let it cook for 5-10 min till the masalas are properly blended.

Garnish with corriander leaves. Serve hot

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Labels: Capsicum, Onion, Paneer, Side Dishes, Tomato

posted by SMN @ 11:53:00 AM,

18 Inputs:

At February 5, 2009 5:54 PM, Asha said...: Hahaha!! Most of us hear that one from the family. My Thatha always said I should have been a boy instead of a girl and felt sorry for me too! ;D

Paneer Kadai looks delicious, Trisha loves Paneer dishes! :))
At February 5, 2009 7:14 PM, Happy cook said...: Give me a roti, i will finish the whole bowl, looks so yummydelicious.
At February 5, 2009 9:01 PM, Pavithra Kodical said...: Looks delicious and yummy..I have some paneer at home, Will try making these :) Thanks for sharing the recipe..
At February 5, 2009 9:25 PM, Smitha said...: Paneer! Love it
At February 5, 2009 9:47 PM, Sunshinemom said...: The paneer kadai says something else:)! Looks like you are a wonderful learner!
At February 5, 2009 10:01 PM, Indhu said...: delicious... i have just now started cooking with paneer... will try this one
your pictures are very good... makes me want to eat the paneer right now :)
At February 6, 2009 4:48 PM, Kitchen Flavours said...: HeHeHe it is very common dialogue in most of the families dear. Panner Kadai is my favourite. Yummmy and spicy looking curry. I think you are also from Bangalore. Where do u put up in Bangalore?
At February 6, 2009 10:37 PM, Gita's Kitchen said...: I too used to hear similar words from my amma before I got married :) Paneer kadai is my favorite...thanks for sharing the recipe..
At February 7, 2009 2:24 AM, AnuSriram said...: Looks delicious! I love paneer dishes..
At February 9, 2009 2:32 PM, Priya said...: WOw just this kadai paneer makes me hungry, sorry for replying you late regarding ur q'ns about microwave chocolate halwa, if u dont get ricotta cheese, u can give a try with any cream cheese..hope this helps:)
At February 11, 2009 8:05 PM, notyet100 said...: looks yummy,..and u r so right,..even i was like that before marraige,.;-)
At February 12, 2009 8:01 AM, Namratha said...: We love Kadai Paneer, I made some too a few days ago, will be posting it soon. This looks very good!:)
At February 12, 2009 2:58 PM, homecooked said...: I think all of us hear the story before we get married :) The paneer looks awesome!
At February 14, 2009 4:20 AM, Siri said...: I was just like you SMN and even now, when I talk to my mom on phone, she wouldn't believe I made the dish :) the kadai paneer looks yummy and I bet would taste delicious with any roti.

Siri
At February 16, 2009 9:00 AM, Sushma said...: same case here :)
even my mother used to tell me the same thing, but now she proudly says.., my daughter cooks better than me.., what else does a daughter need more than this ;)
Love kadai paneer
At February 19, 2009 5:42 AM, Cynthia said...: Those pics are enticing.
At April 15, 2009 8:10 PM, bee said...: your comments form wouldn't show forever. now it does.
At May 1, 2009 2:07 AM, Coffee and Vanilla said...: That sounds absolutely delicious :)