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A rich and nutritious gravy recipe of cottage cheese and fenugreek leaves which makes a perfect combination for hot phulkas, rotis and paranthas.  So lets get ready to make this yummy and delicious gravy. Ingredients: Panneer/Cottage cheese : 150 gms  For marination : Cracked pepper - 1/2 tsp Red Chilli Powder - 1/2 tsp Salt - as per taste For the gravy: Peas - 50 gms Kasoori methi - 20 gms Coriander leaves - 2 tbsp. Bay leaf - 1 big leaf Fennel seeds - 1/4 tsp Star anise - 1 Clove - 2 Green cardamom - 1 Cinnamon - 1 small piece Green chillies - 2 slit lengthwise Tomato - 1 big  Onion - 1 medium Ginger - 1 tsp Garlic - 1 tsp Yogurt - 1/2 cup Oil - 2 tsp Salt to taste Marinate the panneer which is cut into small cubes and set it aside for about ten minutes. Also soak the Kasoori methi in hot water. Meanwhile finely chop onions and grate the tomato into a puree. Also fine chop ginger and garlic. Slit the green chillies. Use chillies based on the spice levels accepted in you...

I love rotis and I love to experiment flavors for its complimenting side dish. In this trial I have found this simple dish prepared with easily available ingredients very tasty that goes perfect with Indian bread. Here is how I prepare my Paneer Curry. Ingredients: 1. Paneer - 75 grams 2. Red Chilli - 1 to 2 3. Jeera - 1 tsp 4. Mustard - 1/2 tsp 5. Tomato - 1 diced into small cubes 6. Onion - 1 chopped fine 7. Garlic - 6 to 7 cloves 8. Yogurt/Curd - 2 tsp 9. Tamarind powder - 1 tsp 10.Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp 11.Olive oil - 2 tbsp 12.Turmeric - a pinch 13.Salt - to taste 14.Jaggery - small piece 15.Carrot - 1 small  Method: 1. Boil the diced carrot with a pinch of salt. 2. In a kadai heat a tbsp of oil. 3. Add jeera/cumin seeds, methi(mustard), red chilli and garlic pods and fry until the flavours fill the room. 4. Add the chopped onions, garam masala, turmeric and tamarind powder and fry till onions turn transperant. 5. Add the diced tomato and cook for anothe...

Ingredients: 1.Carrot - 2 medium sized 2.Brocolli - few florets 3.Onion - 2 medium sized 4.Green Capsicum - 1 5.Potato - 1 small 6.Garlic pods - 7 to 8 7.Corn Flour - 3 table spoons 8.Olive oil - 1 tea spoon 9.Green Chilli - 2 -3 10.Red chilli powder - 1 tsp 11.Garam Masala - 1 tsp 12.Salt to taste 13.Vinegar - 1 tsp Method: 1. Grate the carrots, chop the brocolli, onion and capsicum into small dices. 2. Boil potato and mash it to a paste. Add all other vegetables into it including chopped green chilli and garlic. 3. Add the masalas, corn flour and the olive oil to the dough. 4. Make small balls of vegetable dough and deep fry in oil until crip and brown . You can snack these balls dry with a chatni of your choice or can dip them in a sauce. For the sauce: 1.In a pan toss some chopped chillies and a tea spoon of oilve oil. After a minute add some chopped garlic and fry it. 2.Add 3 table spoons of tomato sauce, one tea spoon of green chilli sauce and 2 tea spoon...

Ingredients: 1. Potato - 2 medium sized 2. Tomato - 1 3. Onion - 1 4. Ground nuts - 3 tsp 5. Garlic - 4 cloves 6. Salt to taste 7. Chilli powder - 1 tsp 8. Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp 9. olive oil - 2 tsp 10. Jeera - 1/2 tsp 11. Green chilli - 1 12. Green Coriander for garnishing 13. Tamarind powder - 1 tsp to 11/2 teaspoon - as per your taste. Method: Dice up Potato and tomato into small cubes Cut onions into long stripes Chop garlic cloves and chilli. Boil the potato and ground nuts until half tender. Take care that it does not become mushy. Heat olive oil in a pan and add the jeera , chopped garlic and chilli. After a minute add Onion and stir unitl its transperant. Next add the garam masala, red chilli powder. Upon mixing this , drop the tomato cubes to the pan. Let it cook for 2-3 minites. Next add the boiled potatoes,ground nuts and mix well. Add the tamarind powder to this mixture. Close lid and cook in low flame for another 2 minutes. Garnish with fres...

Ingredients: 1. Palak/Spinach - about 2 cups when finely chopped. 2. Onion - 1 medium sized 3. Garlic - 4 cloves 4. Ginger - 1 inch 5. Paneer - 50 grams 6. Garam masala - 1.5 tsp 7. Green chilli - 1 - 2 (based on how spicy you want the curry to be) 8. Salt - to taste 9. Oil/butter - 2 tbsp 10. Tamarind powder - 1/2 tsp 11. Jaggery - a pinch of it. 12. Curry and coriander leaves - few strands chopped 13. Jeera - 1/2 tsp Method: 1. Heat oil/butter in a pan and place the paneer cubes into it to let it crisp on each side for about 30 seconds. 2. After you have removed the paneer , in the same pan with oil add jeera , chopped chilli , garlic cloves ,chopped ginger and temper it. After about a minute add the chopped curry leaves and spinach . Keep the flame low and cook until the raw smell of the greens are gone. 3. In another pan add half a tsp of oil and fry the onions until they turn transparent, add the Garam Masala, tamarind powder, salt and mix them well for half a m...

Ingredients: 1. Cauliflower - about 200 grams when cut into small pieces. 2. Ginger - about 1/4 inch 3. Capsicum - half 4. Tomato - 1 Medium sized 5. Onion - 1 Medium sized 6. Cashews - 6 to 8 7. Cumin seeds - 1 tsp 8. Fresh Cream - 2 tsp 9. Coriander and Curry leaves - for garnishing 10. Salt to taste 11. Oil 2 tbsp 12. Green Chilli - 1 13. Tamarind paste - 1 tsp Method: Cut the Cauliflower, tomato, capsicum, ginger, chilli and onion. Boil the cauliflower in salt water and drain the extra water. In a pan heat oil and add cumin seeds , once it splutters, add cut chilli, cashews and ginger. After about a minute add the onions and fry until it turns transparent. Then to this add the Capsicum and saute for a few more minutes until the capsicum turns tender. Now finally add the tomato and after 2 minutes turn off the flame. For the gravy consistency , grind the sauted mixture along with the fresh cream and tamarind paste. Next pour this mixture in a pan and on low flame cook this ...