Paneer Delight

Cottage cheese combined with blanched almonds and chana dal and cooked in fresh indian spices.

Preparation Time : 15-20 minutes
Cooking Time : 20-25 minutes
Servings : 4

Ingredients
Cottage cheese (paneer), 1 inch cubes 500gms
Almonds, blanched and ground 1 1/2 cups
Split Bengal gram (chana dal) 1/4 cup
Ghee 1/2 cup
Green cardamoms 4
Cloves 4
Black peppercorns 10
Cinnamon 1 inch stick
Onions, sliced 2 medium
Ginger, roughly chopped 1 inch piece
Coriander seeds 2 tablespoons
Turmeric powder 1/2 teaspoon
Milk 1 cup
Fresh coriander leaves 2 tablespoons
Salt to taste

Instructions
Grind almonds to a fine paste.
Roast chana dal and grind to a fine powder.
Heat two tablespoons of ghee in a kadai.
Add crushed cardamoms, cloves, peppercorns to the ghee.
Add cinnamon, sliced onions and saute’ for 2-3 minutes.
Add ginger and coriander seeds to the onions and saute’ for a minute more.
Take off the heat, cool slightly and grind into a fine paste using little water.
Heat the remaining ghee in a handi.
Add the paneer cubes and saute’ till lightly coloured. Take them out.
In the same ghee add the ground masala paste and saute’ until ghee separates.
Add a little water.
Mix almond paste with a little water and add to the masala.
Add turmeric powder and simmer for a while.
Add a little milk to roasted chana dal powder and add to the gravy.
Add salt to taste and mix well to make a smooth gravy.
Add paneer cubes and the remaining milk and simmer for 10 minutes.
Serve hot garnished with coriander leaves.

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