Shahi Paneer

Description

 * Ethnicity - Punjabi, North Indian
 * Type of meal - Party, Lunch, Dinner

Ingredients

 * 250 g paneer (cottage cheese) cut into cubes
 * 1 onion - finely chopped (or ground into a paste in a food processor)
 * 2 green chillies - finely chopped
 * 1 teaspoon ginger paste
 * 4 tomatoes - finely chopped (or blended into a puree in a food processor)
 * ½ tsp cardamom powder, only two pinches would be used in the curry
 * ¼ cup beaten curd
 * ½ teaspoon red chile powder
 * ½ teaspoon sugar
 * ¼ cup milk
 * 2 tbsp oil for cooking

Directions

 * 1) Add oil in a fry pan and heat the oil.
 * 2) Add the onions and fry till brown.
 * 3) Add ginger paste, chillies and fry further for 2 minutes.
 * 4) Add the tomatoes and fry furthre for 5 minutes or until the oil separates.
 * 5) ( you can see the oil coming out of the onion and tomatoes paste).
 * 6) Add some water to it (½ cup).
 * 7) Leave it to boil to a thick gravy (like melted ice cream consistency).
 * 8) Add some milk and the sugar and leave it on slow heat.
 * 9) Add the cubes of paneer.
 * 10) If you wish you can garnish it with coriander leaves.