When I put the fella in charge of finding something delicious to make involving paneer he stumbled upon the rather interesting site of Indian Food Forever. Any Indian dish youve ever wanted to make is there and easy to find but the recipes are like a scavengers hunt of randomness. The ingredient lists are not in any logical order and the instructions call for the already mangled ingredient list willy nilly. So its a good Indian cooking research with recipes that need to be translated into something usable before cooking, youve been warned.
At first green pea and paneer curry sounded a little dubious. But as the chef and I sat on the couch writing and let the fella do the cooking we started to smell the awesome that was emanating from the kitchen. It was about then I stopped doubting dinner would be delicious and started wishing dinner was ready.
It was a nice change to eat something this fabulous without having to be involved in its creation, the chef and I both agreed. The fella had a huge dinner success and got to carry around the smug look of someone who made the two resident foodies coo over a perfectly spicy Indian dinner. Though we have now officially started to play with the somewhat scary precedent of trying to one up one another in making spicy food. I made a kidney bean curry with three jalapenos, the fella paneer with 4 serranos and I can only imagine what the chef will do with 5 chilies when its his turn to cook. Im sure it will be wonderful if dangerously spicy
Mattar Paneer
2 medium onions, chopped (divided use)
6 cloves garlic, chopped
1 tablespoon ground coriander
1/2 cup ghee or coconut oil
1 pound Paneer
1 tablespoon ginger, grated
4 bay leaves
1 tablespoon turmeric powder
1pound shelled green peas
3 green chilies, chopped
4 medium tomatoes, peeled and sliced
1cup plain yogurt
1 cups water
In the food processor make a paste out of one of the onions, the garlic and the coriander.
Heat the ghee or coconut oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. Cut the paneer into 2 inch cubes. Fry the paneer to light brown then remove to a plate.
Add the remaining onion, ginger and bay leaves to the oil in the pan and fry until the onion is golden brown. Then add the turmeric and the onion paste mixture and fry about another 5 minutes.
Add the paneer, peas, yogurt, chili, tomato and salt to taste. Stir for 5-6 minutes over low heat until well combined.
Pour in the water and simmer gently for 20 minutes or until the sauce thickens a bit. Serve the matar paneer sprinkled with garam masala and coriander if you like.
Original recipe from IndianFoodForever.
2 medium onions, chopped (divided use)
6 cloves garlic, chopped
1 tablespoon ground coriander
1/2 cup ghee or coconut oil
1 pound Paneer
1 tablespoon ginger, grated
4 bay leaves
1 tablespoon turmeric powder
1pound shelled green peas
3 green chilies, chopped
4 medium tomatoes, peeled and sliced
1cup plain yogurt
1 cups water
In the food processor make a paste out of one of the onions, the garlic and the coriander.
Heat the ghee or coconut oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. Cut the paneer into 2 inch cubes. Fry the paneer to light brown then remove to a plate.
Add the remaining onion, ginger and bay leaves to the oil in the pan and fry until the onion is golden brown. Then add the turmeric and the onion paste mixture and fry about another 5 minutes.
Add the paneer, peas, yogurt, chili, tomato and salt to taste. Stir for 5-6 minutes over low heat until well combined.
Pour in the water and simmer gently for 20 minutes or until the sauce thickens a bit. Serve the matar paneer sprinkled with garam masala and coriander if you like.
Original recipe from IndianFoodForever.
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