Monday, August 22, 2005

Shahi Paneer

Ingredients
1 block of paneer, grated
Blend to a paste, the following
2 medium onions
1" ginger piece
4 flakes garlic
2 green chillies

Powder together, the following
2" cinnamon stick
2-3 cardammoms
2-3 cloves
1 tbsp poppy seeds
2 tbsp cashewnuts(or almonds)

2 tomatoes pureed
2 tsp red-chilli pwd
A pinch of turmeric
2 tsp coriander pwd
1 tsp cumin pwd
1 cup of cream
Salt to taste
2 tbsp cooking oil

Method
Heat a little oil and fry the onion paste till it begins
to brown.
Mix in the poppy-cashew powder and the other dry powders.
Fry for a minute and then add the pureed tomatoes.
Add some water and bring to a boil.
Add salt to taste.
Add the cream and mix well.
Add the grated paneer,heat through and eat it hot
with chapathi/naan.

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