Making restaurant style kadai paneer is no more a hectic job. Just few simple ingredients readily available at home, is all that is needed. Without spending long hours in the kitchen to make delicious food, Chef Ruchi Bharani brings a very simple and easy to make quick homemade kadai panner recipe from North Indian cuisine.
Method: - Roast coriander seeds, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, cloves, cardamoms, pepper corns in a heated pan for about a minute. - Open the cardamom pods and let the seeds remain in the mixture - Let the mixture cool - Heat some oil in a pan, add the onions to it and saute - Meanwhile grind the dry roasted seeds in a grinder to make a smooth powder - Once the onions turns brown, add the tomatoes and cook it till the tomatoes turn soft - Add salt and mix everything well - Put the content in the grinder with the powdered spices in it. - Add raw mango powder and grind it to make a smooth paste. - Add water if needed. - Put butter in a pan and add ginger and garlic paste to it - Mix well ginger and garlic before the butter melts - Add chillies and saute it with the paste - Add shelled onions and toss them and cook them for about 2 mins - Add diced capsicum to it and add the masala paste once the onions have turned translucent - Cook everything for a min and add water to it. - Stir it in and let it boil - Add the paneer cubes, toss them up and mix well everything. - Add salt and coriander leaves to it and mix well - The gravy dish is ready to be served hot with roti / paratha
