Paneer Pasanda Recipe -Cottage Cheese in Spicy Yogurt Curry

Name: Paneer Pasanda Recipe -Cottage Cheese in Spicy Yogurt Curry
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Awadhi
Ingredients: 250 grams Paneer (Homemade Cottage Cheese) cut into cubes; 1 cup Curd (Dahi / Yogurt); 1/2 teaspoon Gram flour (besan); 1/4 teaspoon Red Chilli powder; 1/2 teaspoon Kasuri Methi (Dried Fenugreek Leaves); 1/4 teaspoon Garam masala powder; null Salt to taste; 6 null Cashew nuts; 1 null Onion finely chopped; 2 null Green Chillies; 1 inch Ginger; 2 cloves Garlic; 1 null Cardamom (Elaichi) Pods/Seeds de-seeded; 1 tablespoon Oil

Archana Doshi

September 24, 2018

4036 Ratings

Paneer Pasanda Recipe -Cottage Cheese in Spicy Yogurt Curry

Time:Prep: 20 M|Cook: 30 M|Total: 50 M

Makes:4 Servings

Meal:Lunch

Cuisine:Awadhi

Paneer Pasanda Recipe is delectable dish made from cottage cheese (paneer) and flavored with spices like cardamom and cooked in a spicy yogurt cashew nut curry. This recipe of paneer is different from the regular tomato based paneer dishes, it is light, creamy and flavorful. Try this recipe of paneer pasanda and you will begin to make it over and over again. Serve Paneer Pasanda Recipe with hot Roti or Chapati.

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Ingredients

Main Ingredients

250 grams Paneer (Homemade Cottage Cheese), cut into cubes

1 cup Curd (Dahi / Yogurt)

1/2 teaspoon Gram flour (besan)

1/4 teaspoon Red Chilli powder

1/2 teaspoon Kasuri Methi (Dried Fenugreek Leaves)

1/4 teaspoon Garam masala powder

Salt, to taste

Ingredients for the paste

6 Cashew nuts

1 Onion, finely chopped

2 Green Chillies

1 inch Ginger

2 cloves Garlic

1 Cardamom (Elaichi) Pods/Seeds, de-seeded

Other Ingredients

1 tablespoon Oil

Instructions for Paneer Pasanda Recipe -Cottage Cheese in Spicy Yogurt Curry

To begin making the Paneer Pasanda Recipe, get all the ingredients ready and handy.

See how to make homemade paneer recipe. Cut them into cubes and keep aside.

Grind the ingredients to be made into a paste and keep aside.

Whisk the yogurt, gram flour, kasuri methi, garam masala, red chilli powder and salt. Keep aside.

Heat oil in a heavy bottomed wok; add in the onion cashewnut paste and saute on low to medium heat until the raw smell from the onions go away and the color changes to pink / golden.

Add in the yogurt mixture and keep stirring until the Pasanda gravy thickens.

Once the Paneer Pasanda gravy begins to thicken, add in the cubed paneer pieces and simmer for another 2 to 3 minutes. Check the salt and spice levels and adjust to suit your taste.

Turn off the heat and serve the Paneer Pasanda along with Phulka, Naan or Tawa Paratha.