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Kadai Paneer - a semi-dry curry made with paneer, capsicum and spices. This recipe is very easy to make and tastes awesome. This recipe is very aromatic and gets its unique flavours from freshly ground spices like coriander seeds, fennel, cumin etc..

Kadai Paneer is one of the most popular recipes in India. It's there on the menu in almost all Indian restaurants. Kadai means wok and Paneer is Indian cottage cheese. It is cooked in a kadai ( wok 0. Hence the name kadai paneer. But if you don't have a kadai, you can use any other pan.

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Preparation time: 5 mins
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Serves: 2

Ingredients:

• 150 gms Paneer, diced
• 1 Capsicum, diced
• 1 small Cinnamon stick
• 2 Cardamon pods
• 1 large onion, very finely chopped
• 1 Tomato finely chopped
• 1 Tomato pureed
• 2 Dry Red chilly
• 2 green Chillies
• 1 tsp Red Chilly powder
• 1/2 tsp Garam masala powder
• 1/2 tsp Kasthuri methi ( dry fenugreek leaves )
• Few Coriander leaves
• Salt as required

To Roast & Grind

• 1 tbsp Coriander seeds
• 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
• 1/4 tsp Peper corns
• 1 tsp  fennel seeds
• 2 Cloves
• 2 Cardamon pods
• 2 Dry Red Chillies

Method :

• Dry roast all the spices in a pan say for about 3 mins. Allow it to cool. Transfer the spices to a mixie jar or blender and grind to a coarse powder. Keep aside.

• Heat oil and ghee together in a heavy-bottomed kadai. Once hot add cinnamon stick, cloves and dry red chilly and fry for few seconds.

• Then add finely chopped onion and saute for a minute.

• Next, add green chillies and ginger-garlic paste. Saute and cook till onion turns brown in colour.

• Add tomato chopped and pureed tomatoes. Cook till oil separates in low heat.

• Add 1 tbsp ground spice powder, red chilly powder, garam masala and salt. Mix well.

• Add 1/4 cup of water and mix well. Cook till the raw smell of the spices goes off.

• Then add capsicum and paneer pieces to it. Give a good mix.

• Add 1 cup of water to it and mix well. Cook for about 10 minutes in low heat.

• Finally add dry fenugreek leaves, coriander leaves and cook for a minute.

• Serve it with hot rotis and phulkas.