Bidisha's Corner

Tuesday 29 April 2014

PANEER SHAHIYANA(COTTAGE CHEESE)


Milk(1lit) boiled and calcium lactate or lemon is added to it to make home made paneer(chana).
Onion chopped to big pieces(3) finely chopped(1).
Tomatoes paste(2).
Ginger finely shedded.
Garam Masala powder.                
Salt to taste.
Turmeric powder,
Chilli Powder,
Sugar (1 small tea spoon).
Poppy seeds (1 small tea spoon).
Oil as per required,
Maida (sos).
Coriander powder (1 table spoon),
Jeera powder (1 table spoon),
Chopped coriander
Bay leaves.

Procedure:

A: Place a kadai on stove and add 2Tbs of oil to it, now add onions bigger pieces and fry them till golden brown meanwhile add ginger little amount of sugar (sugar helps to add colour to the fried onions), now pop in some poppy seeds into the kadai and put off the gas stove and allow it to cool and then grind it to paste and keep aside.(paste has to be brown in colour).

B: Now take a clean bowl place chana into it, add little salt,chilli powder very little amount of sugar, finely chopped coriander leaves, finely chopped onions and knead it and if required add very little amount of maida to it. Now make small balls of chana and fry them in oil few at-a-time till golden brown and set aside.

C: Now take a kadai on stove add bay leaves, 1Tbs of oil to it now add to it and fry it and now add tomato paste and add little salt to it and fry it till oil leaves from the batter and walls of kadai, now add coriander powder, jeera powder 1tsp each respectively little amount of turmeric powder, chilli powder and little water to it and allow it to cook in simmer, as water evaporates and the batter is cooked properly now add some more water to it close the lid and allow the water to boil , once the water boils add paneer balls to it and allow it to cook for a minute and off the gas and garnish it with coriander leaves and serve hot with roti.

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