Paneer Potato Kuruma

This week I tried lot of recipes based on paneer. When I went to shopping last week found paneer for very low price that too organic so I bought it. I haven’t tasted paneer with a south Indian gravy, so I tried first paneer kurma using coconut. It tasted good.

Ingredients:

 

Panner (cubed)	1 cup
Potato (cubed)	1 cup
Onion chopped	1 cup
Tomato	1 cup
Green chili	1-2
Coriander powder	1 tsp
Chili powder	1 tsp
Mustard seeds	1 tsp
Turmeric powder	½ tsp
Curry leaves	Few
Coriander leaves	Few
Ginger garlic paste	1 Tbsp
Salt
Oil

 

To Grind:

Coconut cubed	¼ cup
Roasted chana dal (pottukadalai)	1 Tbsp
Coriander seeds	½ Tbsp
Cumin seeds	1 tsp
Clove	4-5
Cinnamon	½ - 1 inch
Poppy seeds	¼ tsp
Fennel seeds	½ tsp

 

 

 

Directions:

1. Grind all the ingredients to grind, as a fine paste.
2. Heat oil in a pan, splutter mustard seeds green chili, after that add onion, curry leaves and few cilantro.
3. Saute for few minutes and add ginger garlic paste wait until the raw smell goes. Add tomatoes and cook until soft.
4. Now add potato and fry for few minutes until it turns soft. Now add ground paste, coriander powder, turmeric powder and chili powder.
5. Cook with salt and enough water until raw smell goes.
6. Now add paneer and turn of the stove and garnish with remaining coriander leaves.

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