Spiced Cottage Cheese ( Paneer Makhni )

Spiced Cottage Cheese ( Paneer Makhni )

Ingredients :

3    tbl    sunflower oil
1    tsp    ginger paste
1    x    teaspoom garlic paste
2    x    onions chopped boiled until soft and translucent then ground to a paste
10    tbl    tomato puree
1    tsp    chilli powder
1    tsp    turmeric powder
1    tsp    cumin powder
1    x    teaspoaon tandoori masala
1    tsp    sugar
300    gm    paneer cubed
6    tbl    double cream
salt

Method :

* Heat the oil and add the ginger and garlic pastes.
* Fry for a minute.
* Add the onion paste and fry until the oil separates.
* Then add the tomato puree and all the spices.
* Stir well.
* Add the salt and the sugar and simmer for 5 minutes.
* Drop in the paneer gently without breaking it.
* Simmer for 1 minute and take off the heat.
* Serve hot with a generous swirl of cream on top and fresh hot naan.
* The second recipe is a rich blend of cottage cheese and spices. Paneer available at most indian grocery shops or make own (qv). Nearly every high street indian restaurant outside India is called a tandoori restaurant though sometimes it does not feature any tandoor cooked food at all.
* Serves 4

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