I found a recipe for Paneer Makhani (Cottage cheese cubes in heavy cream sauce) from Sanjeev Kapoor's cookbook and decided to make my own version of it by stripping off the heavy cream the original recipe calls for. I decided to substitute the cream for some yogurt and corn flour and it turned out really yummy. I paired this dish with the Ginger Rice from the previous post and the combination was to die for!
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Serves: 4-6
Ingredients: Paneer (store-bought package), Ginger - 1.5 inch piece, Garlic - 6-7 cloves, Tomato sauce - 2 cups, serrano chilli peppers - 1, Black peppercorns - 5-6, Cloves - 5-6, Cinnamon stick - a couple of sticks, broken into small pieces, Corn flour - 3 tsp, Yogurt (low fat or non fat) - 3 tsp, salt to taste, Olive oil - 2 Tbsp, turmeric - a pinch
Cook Away..
> Roughly chop the ginger and garlic and serrano peppers and throw them into a blender and make a fine paste
> Dice the Paneer into 1/2 inch cubes
> Heat a sauce pan on medium heat and add the Olive oil and lightly fry the paneer cubes until light golden brown and set them aside on a paper napkin to soak up additional oil
> In the same pan to the remaining oil, add peppercorns, cloves and cinnamon and fry on medium heat
> Add the ginger-garlic-chilli paste and fry for a couple of minutes
> Add the tomato sauce and about a cup and a half of water and let the mixture come to a boil
> Now lower the heat and add the paneer cubes and fold them into the mixture lightly (don't stir too hard as this will cause them to break)
> In a bowl, take the corn flour and add about half a cup of water and mix thoroughly so there are no lumps of flour
> Now add this corn flour paste to the Paneer and tomato mixture and combine lightly
> Add the yogurt and stir slowly and turn off the heat
> Transfer to a serving bowl and serve hot with Naan or Chapathis or Rice
My Thoughts..
> If you do not have tomato sauce on hand, you could use tomato puree or even diced fresh tomatoes. Just add a little more water while cooking so it becomes more of a paste
> For a creamier version like the original recipe, you can skip the yogurt and corn flour paste and add a cup of heavy cream or even some cream cheese (yum!)
> Although I haven't tried it yet, I am thinking you could substitute Tofu cubes for Paneer cubes as well. Will try soon and post here
This dish is so comforting on a cold evening. Pair it with the Brown Ginger fried rice and seat yourself in front of the TV to watch your favourite show. Oh-so-blissful. Enjoy!
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