Kadai Paneer is one of the easiest and yummy side dishes to prepare that goes well with rotis or rice. This is a popular North Indian dish.
The name of the dish refers to the cottage cheese ( paneer ) that is cooked with tomatoes and spices in an Indian wok ( kadai ). It is a colorful dish with the white paneer, green capsicum and bright red tomatoes.
I haven’t used kasoori methi in this recipe, you could add it to give more flavor to the dish.
Kadai Paneer Recipe
Kadai Paneer
Category:Side Dish
Cuisine:North Indian
Author:Jiya Jesh
Yield:3
Prep Time:10 mins
Cook Time:15 mins
Total Time:25 mins
An easy and delicious Indian cottage cheese curry with bell peppers and tomatoes.
Ingredients
- 1 big onion
- 2 medium-sized tomatoes
- 1 green capsicum ( bell pepper )
- 1 cup paneer cubes ( or cottage cheese )
- 1/2 inch piece ginger
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- 1 tbsp coriander powder
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 1 tsp garam masala powder
- 2 tsp + 1 tbsp oil
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Chop onions, ginger and tomatoes finely.
- Chop capsicum and paneer into cubes.
- In a pan heat 2 tsp oil. Add the capsicum cubes along with salt and saute.
- Ensure that the capsicum is left crunchy and keep aside.
- In the same pan, heat 1 tbsp oil. Add chopped onions and ginger.
- Once the onions turn translucent, add chopped tomatoes.
- You can add the dry masala powders – turmeric powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, salt, red chilli powder and garam masala powder.
- Fry till the tomatoes are mashed well and raw smell goes.
- Now add the paneer cubes along with the fried capsicum.
- Add around 1/2 cup water and cook so that the masala gets coated on the paneer and capsicum.
- If adding kasuri methi ( dried fenugreek leaves ), you could add about 1 – 2 tsp of it at this stage. You just crush it with your hands and add it to the dish.
- Continue cooking till the gravy becomes dry.
- kadai paneer is ready to be served hot with chapathis / naan / roti / rice.
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