Paneer Jalfrezi

My married adult man together with I both dear paneer. My married adult man to a greater extent than than me ! The other evening, I had this abrupt urge to swallow paneer jalfrezi. This is a real uncomplicated together with delicious dish that has bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, spices together with of course of report paneer! It is unremarkably a dry out dish amongst real lilliputian sauce, but at that topographic point create be versions amongst sauce. To me, Jalfrezi is dry out & flavorful.

Will you lot believe me if I say you lot that I made this dish inwards nether 15-20 minutes?? Yes, I did. When I say person that I did something inwards such a curt time, people honor it difficult to believe!! But it is possible!! The argue I tin brand a dish this quick is because I prep equally I cook. While I pan fried the paneer, I got the vegetables I required out of the refrigerator. I chopped the onions together with kept ready. While the pan was getting hot, I chopped my tomatoes. When I sautéed the onions, I chopped the bell peppers & the paneer together with kept ready. When everything was inwards the pan together with coming together, I fifty-fifty cleaned the kitchen! I made this dish together with had dinner equally I was doing my laundry.Of course, you lot cannot create it for all dishes together with definitely this method may non operate for everyone, but it industrial plant for me!! I made this dish together with had dinner equally I was doing my laundry.

Here is how to brand this super uncomplicated dish!!

Prep time: fifteen mins ( for those who prep)Cook time: 10minsTotal time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

Paneer ( Indian cottage cheese): 250 gms
Cooking oil: 1 tbsp + 1 tbsp
Cumin seeds: 1 tsp
Dried ruddy chillies: 3-4, broken into pieces.
Onion: 1 medium sized, diced large.
Ginger: 1 inch piece, sliced julienne
Tomato: 1 medium sized
Green bell pepper: 1
Red bell pepper: 1
Orange bell pepper: 1
Turmeric powder: 1 tsp
Garam masala powder: 1/4 tsp
Kasoori methi( dried fenugreek leaves): 1/2 tsp.
Vinegar: 1 tsp
Salt: to taste
Coriander leaves/cilantro: 1 tbsp, chopped for garnish.

Method:

Slice the paneer into bite-sized pieces. Sprinkle a lilliputian chip of tabular array salt together with hold upwards along aside.

Wash, deseed together with while the bell peppers together with tomato plant into 1 cm thick slices.

Heat 1 tbsp crude oil inwards a skillet/ frying pan.

Place the paneer pieces inwards a unmarried layer. Fry it for 2-3 minutes on each side or until lightly golden.

Remove from the pan together with hold upwards along aside.

To the same pan add together the other 1 tbsp oil. Heat on medium heat.

Add cumin seeds. Once they splutter, add together the turmeric powder, ruddy chillies, diced onion together with ginger.

Sauté for 2 mins. Now add together the bell peppers, sauté for a minute.

Add the sliced tomato plant together with sauté for a infinitesimal or two.

Add garam masala, salt, kasoori methi & vinegar. Mix well. Saute for a distich of minutes until it all comes together.

Turn off the flame. Garnish amongst finely chopped cilantro.

Serve hot amongst rice/ roti( flatbread)/ poori ( fried flatbread) or exactly regular bread.

Enjoy!!

Cooking made easy:

Whenever you lot choose a block of paneer, cutting it into bite-size pieces, soak it for 10 mins inwards warm H2O that has a pinch of turmeric together with a lilliputian tabular array salt . Then pan tyke it until golden brown. You tin shop it inwards the freezer for hereafter use.

Tip for salubrious living:

Paneer is a swell rootage of calcium for vegetarians.

Food for thought:

One cannot together with must non endeavour to erase the by exactly because it does non lucifer the present. Golda Meir