Ingredients: Paneer (Cottage cheese) – 250 Grams
Onion – a small one
Ginger – 1 inch piece
Garlic – 2-3 pods
Whole Red chili – 2-3
Cumin seeds – 1 teaspoon
Poppy Seeds – 2 tablespoons
Curd – 1 tablespoon
Sattu ( Roasted gram flour) – 1 tablespoon
Cashew – 10
Muskmelon seeds – 1 tablespoon
Garam masala powder – ½ teaspoon
Turmeric powder – a pinch
Oil – 4 tablespoons
Ghee – 1 tablespoons
Salt to taste.
Directions: # Soak poppy seeds, cashew and muskmelon seeds in 4-5 tablespoons of water for 10 mintues.
# Cut the Paneer into two inch long pieces.
# Grind onion, ginger, garlic, cumin seeds and whole red chilies with two tablespoons of water into smooth paste.
# Grind the soaked poppy seeds, cashew and muskmelon seeds into a smooth paste.
# Heat oil in a pan and slightly fry the paneer pieces till they turn light brown from sides. Take out and keep aside.
In the remaining oil, add the onion paste and sauté for about two mintues or till the oil separates.
# Add turmeric powder, garam masala powderm sattu , curd and poppy paste. Cook for about a mintue. Add ½ cup of warm water and mix. Add paneer pieces and salt to taste.
# Cook for a mintue and then switch off the gas. Add the ghee on top and serve hot with chappati.