Simple paneer sabji made with soft paneer cubes cooked in basic onion tomato masala and minimum spices.
If you are a regular reader of my blog you should be knowing that my family is full of paneer lovers and I end up making at least one variety of paneer recipe atleast in a week. My kids always ask for a,
and Paneer biryani
Coming to this paneer sabji, today I showed you the South style basic onion tomato version without cream or cashew paste or curd. And it is like any other basic vegetable curry with just chilli and coriander powder.
Serve this paneer sabzi with Phulkas or chapatis for a perfect dinner. Also, this paneer masala goes well with jeera rice or Ghee pulav too.
Paneer sabji | Simple Paneer sabzi recipe
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Paneer sabji | Simple Paneer sabzi recipe
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 250 g paneer cubes
- 3 tbsp oil
- ½ tsp cumin seeds
- 2 onion
- 3 tomatoes paste
- 1 small capsicum
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- ¾ tsp salt as per taste
- ¾ tsp chilli powder
- ½ tsp coriander powder
- ¼ tsp garam masala
- Coriander leaves
Instructions
Preparation:
- Chop onions, capsicum and make ginger garlic paste.
- Grind tomatoes and keep ready.
- If you are using store-bought paneer keep in warm water for a few minutes to retain the softness.
Recipe:
- Heat oil in a pan, add cumin seeds and let them pop.
- Add chopped onions and saute them well.
- Fry onions for five minutes until they become brown and soft. Now add capsicum and mix.
- Put ginger garlic paste and saute well to remove the raw smell.
- Add ground tomato paste and cook well until oil released from the masala.
- Now put chilli powder and coriander powder.
- Pour some water to cook the masala.
- Also, add the required salt for the sabji.
- Put paneer cubes and mix well with some water to cook the sabji.
- Finally, add some garam masala, mix well and garnish with coriander leaves.
- Switch off and serve with hot chapati or Ghee pulav.
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Notes
1) Always try to use fresh homemade paneer to get soft and tasty paneer masala. If you are using store-bought, keep the cubes in warm water for a few minutes, filter and squeeze extra water before using it in sabji.
2) Moreover, the addition of any other masalas or spices is purely optional based on your liking. Here I gave the basic sabji recipe with very minimal spices.
Nutrition
Preparation:
- Chop onions, capsicum and make ginger garlic paste.
- Grind tomatoes and keep ready.
- If you are using a store-bought paneer keep in warm water for a few minutes to retain the softness.
Recipe:
- Heat oil in a pan, add cumin seeds and let them pop.
- Add chopped onions and saute them well.
- Fry onions for five minutes until they become brown and soft. Now add capsicum and mix.
- Put ginger garlic paste and saute well to remove the raw smell.
- Add ground tomato paste and cook well until oil released from the masala. Put salt to cook the masala.
- Now put chilli powder and coriander powder.
- Pour some water to cook the masala.
- Put paneer cubes and mix well with some water to cook the sabji.
- Finally, add some garam masala, mix well and garnish with coriander leaves.
- Switch off and serve with hot chapati or Ghee pulav.
Tips:
1) Always try to use fresh homemade paneer to get soft and tasty paneer masala. If you are using store-bought, keep the cubes in warm water for a few minutes, filter and squeeze extra water before using it in sabji.
2) Moreover, the addition of any other masalas or spices is purely optional based on your liking. Here I gave the basic sabji recipe with very minimal spices.
