Quick Shahi Paneer Recipe

Ingredients

250gms cottage cheese (paneer)

100gms cut tomatoes (tamatar), 2 Green chillies (hari mirch), mix all three and make puree in a blender or mixer

One small piece of crushed ginger 

Two table spoon oil

Two cloves, Four  round pepper, One red chilly

Pint of asafoetida

One tea spoon cumin seeds (Jeera)

One tea spoon coriander powder (dhaniya)

One tea spoon turmeric (haldi)

Red chilly to taste salt to taste

One table spoon crushed bread crumbs,Half cup of curd, half cup of milk cream (malai), mix all three and make a paste

Garam Masala and coriander leaves for garnishing

Cook the easiest way 

Put oil in a wok (kadhai), let it heat and add cloves, black pepper, asafoetida and cumin seeds


Once the cumin seeds are golden brown, add the tomato puree to it. Saute it on low heat

Now add coriander powder, turmeric red chilly and salt

Add bread crumbs pate to it

Saute the mixture for 5mins on low heat

Put cottage cheese and garam masala

After five more minutes, garnish it with coriander leaves and serve hot with paranthas or chapatti

Masala Kathal (Jackfruit)

Ingredients:

500gms pieces of jack fruit (kathal)

Two medium sized tomatoes cut into pieces.

Two cloves

Four round pepper

I red chilly cut into pieces

Asafoetida (hing)

Two-tablespoon vegetable oil

One teaspoon cumin seeds

One teaspoon coriander powder

One teaspoon turmeric powder

Half-teaspoon garam masala

Red Chilly powder to taste

Salt to taste.

Cooking the delicious way:

1. Cut jack fruit into pieces and wash it. (Before cutting the jack fruit rub some vegetable oil into your hands to get rid of the stickiness of the vegetable). Put the chopped vegetable in a strainer to drain the excess water.

2. Heat the oil in the pan and fry asafoetida, cloves, pepper and the red chilly. Stir the mixture for some 5-10 seconds.

3. Now put the cumin seeds and let them turn golden brown.

4. Add the chopped jack fruit to the pan and saute it on low heat. Saute it till it turns golden brown too.

4. Put some salt to taste

5. Now add turmeric and coriander power. Saute for 5-7mins minutes and keep the mixture aside in a bowl.

6. In the same pan, add some vegetable oil, fry the chopped tomatoes for  4-5 minutes on low heat. Now add the jack fruit to the tomatoes.

7. Add garam masala. Fry for 5-6 minutes on low heat.

8. Garnish it with coriander and serve hot.