Paneer is the most common fresh cheese use in Indian cuisine. It is also called “Chena” in Eastern India. Paneer is vegetarian’s heaven as it is enriched with proteins. It is the most versatile ingredient. Dishes with paneer can be made in various ways, fry or gravy, snacks or a filling. Sweets are incomplete without it. Paneer can be fit anywhere in dish and make it delicious.
Achari Paneer has a thick pickled gravy, gives a very spicy and tangy flavour. It tastes vey delicious, mildly hot and spicy with unique flavours. Achari Paneer is offenly served with tandoori rotis and chapatis.
This spicy Achari paneer wins people over with the soft texture of the paneer and the flavors of achar or pickle that it recreates using just a few whole spices!
So…Let’s Cook Good Food…
Ingredients:
Paneer - 250 grams(1/2 inch cubes)
Red chillies - 4 numbers.
Yogurt - 1/2 cup.
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Fenugreek seeds - 1/8 tsp
Kashmiri Red Chili Powder: 1 tsp
Fennel Seeds – 3/4 tsp
Coriander seeds - 1 tbsp
Tomatoes - 1 number.
Bell pepper - 1 number.
Oil – 1-1/2 tbsp.
Onion - 1 number, medium (chopped)
Salt - to taste.
Turmeric powder - 1 pinch.
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp.
Dill leaves - 1 bunch.
Vinegar - 1/4 tsp
Sugar - 1 pinch
Method:
Heat a pan add red chillies, cumin seeds, mustard seeds, fennel seeds, coriander seeds, fenugreek seeds, dry roast this.
Put these dry spices into the blender and make a powder, in this add tomato, bell pepper make a paste.
Heat oil in a pan on a medium flame and add chopped onions, salt, cook the onions till golden in colour.
Add turmeric powder, ginger garlic paste, Kashmiri red chilli powder, saute it.
Add dill leaves (optional) mix it well.
Add the prepared achari masala, mix it well and cook this till oil is oozing out.
Now switch off the flame and add yogurt, water, mix it.
Yogurt has to be at room temperature and must be whisked well before adding to the pan. This helps in preventing the cud from coagulating in the gravy.
On a medium flame, add vinegar, sugar to this mixture and cook this till oil oozes out.
Finally add fried paneer cook this 8-10 minute and serve this hot.
Achari paneer is a dish made with flavour of a pickle.
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