Today’s recipe is a fabulous restaurant style curry with hearty chunks of paneer.Paneer Jalfrezi is a hot & spicy colourful dish packed with goodness of crunchy bell peppers, soft paneer and distinctive flavors of Indian spices. It can be cooked easy and quick in the comfort of your home by following this step by step photo recipe. It makes a perfect stuffing for kathi rolls or wraps and also goes very well with…rotis & parathas.
Ingredients
Paneer - 200 g
Onion sliced - 1 cup
Tomato sliced - 1 cup
Capsicum sliced - 1 cup
Oil - 2 tbsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Garlic - 2 to 3 pods
Kasoori methi - 1 tsp
Turmeric pwd - a pinch
Kashmiri red chilly pwd - 1 tsp
Jeera pwd - 1 tsp
Lemon juice - few drops
Fresh coriander leaves
Salt to taste
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Instructions
1.
Wash and slice paneer to lengthwise
2.
Also slice onion, tomato and capsicum to lengthwise pieces
3.
Heat oil in a pan
4.
Add cumin seeds and wait to splutter
5.
Add grated garlic and saute till it browns
6.
Now add onions and red chilly
7.
Saute for a minute
8.
Sprinkle crushed kasoori methi leaves
9.
Add ginger garlic paste and saute well
10.
Now add the sliced tomato and capsicum pieces
11.
Add the turmeric pwd, kashmiri red chilly pwd, jeera pwd and salt
12.
Mix well
13.
Now add the sliced paneer cubes
14.
Give a good toss, so that the paneer cubes are coated well with the masala
15.
Reduce the flame and cook covered for 5 mins
16.
Squeeze few drops of lemon juice
17.
Garnish with freshly chopped coriander leaves
18.
Lipsmacking Paneer Jalfrezi ready to serve
19.
Transfer to serving plate