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