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Adraki Paneer (Paneer cooked with ginger)

Okay so Here is the recipe of Adraki Paneer. Adrak (Ginger) is a wonderful ingredient, it just adds a great flour to the food if you know how to use it.
And in this recipe, we used Ginger in a Paneer dish, and the result is simply mouthwatering.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time13 minutes
Total Time23 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Indian
Servings: 3

Ingredients

  • 2 onion
  • 2 Tomato
  • 5 Garlic
  • 2 inch (1 inch for juice and 1 inch for paste) Ginger
  • 4 Cashew nuts
  • 200 gram Paneer
  • 3 Green chili
  • 2 tbsp Coriander leaves
  • 1/2 Lemon
  • 2 tbsp Vegetable oil
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
  • 1/2 teaspoon Red chili flakes
  • 1/2 teaspoon Coriander powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon Asafoetida (hing)
  • 1/4 teaspoon Garam masala powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon Fenugreek leaves , crushed

Instructions

  • Keep all the ingredients ready for the curry. In a wok/pan add water, tomato, and diced onion. Let it boil for 4-5 minutes. Strain it using a strainer and cool it at the room temperature.
  • In a grinder, add boiled onion, garlic, cashew nuts, and 1/2 inch ginger. Grind it to make a fine paste.
  • In a pan/wok/kadai, add oil and temper with cumin seeds, asafoetida, red chili flakes, green chili, and coriander powder. When the cumin seeds start crackling add ground paste.
  • Mix it well, cook covered on a medium flame for 3-4 minutes. Keep stirring in between the process to avoid sticking to the pan.
  • Open and add chopped tomato.
  • Add salt and ginger juice. Cook it on a medium flame for another 3-4 minutes till the tomato is mushy and shows oil separately.
  • Add coriander leaves and mix it well.
  • Add 1/4 cup water, mix it well and cook for another 2 minutes.
  • Add crushed fenugreek leaves and garam masala powder, mix and add paneer cubes. Cook covered on a medium flame for 1 minutes. Switch off the flame.
  • Add coriander leaves and lemon juice. Delicious ginger flavoured paneer is ready to serve, Serve hot with puris or chapattis