SHAHI PANEER
A richly prepared mouthwatering cottage cheese dish which can make u lick your fingers right away.It's gravy is a blend of cream along with tomatoes and other spices to add texture as well as taste to this Indian cuisine.
Shahi Paneer word itself is composed of two words: Shahi+ Paneer
While Shahi is an Indo- Persian term used for depicting the Royal, paneer is the Indian word for cottage cheese
INGREDIENTS:
Cottage cheese- 200grams Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Onion- 1 medium sized Serves:4
Tomato puree-400 grams
Ginger Paste- 1 tbsp
Garlic paste- 1 tbsp
Cream-100grams
Almond paste-4 tbsp
Cloves- 4 nos
Cardamom- 4 nos
Cinnamon - 1 big stick
Peppercorns-4nos
Bay leaves-2 nos
Kasuri methi- a little
Kasuri methi- a little
Vegetable oil- 2 tbsp
Water-1/2 litre
Water-1/2 litre
Preliminary preparations
- Peel the onion and slice it followed by boiling the onion along with a cup of water.Strain the water and grind the onions to make a paste.
- Soak the almonds around 20 nos in a little bit of hot water and peel the almond skin.Now grind this almonds along with some milk to make a fine paste.
- For tomato puree either you can use ready made tomato puree or pressure cook about a kg of tomatoes with some water. Strain the water and peel the tomatoes and remove the seeds and pulp. Make the tomato puree by blending these tomatoes.
- Take the oil in a heavy bottomed pan and heat it until it is very hot.
- Add the bay leaves along with the cloves,cardamom,peppercorns,and cinnamon stick and let it sputter.
- Now add the onion paste and saute it for 4 to 5 minute on medium flame.Make sure that the onion paste does not turn brown.
- Add the ginger and garlic paste to the mixture and again saute for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Now mix in the almond paste and heat the gravy on medium flame while stirring it continuously.
- Next step is to add the tomato puree in this and heating it continuously till the tomato puree is out of water and appears thick rather than watery.
- Now add the fresh cream followed by water.Sprinkle dried and crushed kasuri methi and boil the whole mixture.
- Slice the cottage cheese into small cubes and add it to the gravy and cover it and let it cook on low flame for 4 to 5 minutes.
Nutritional Facts
Calories
|
510
|
Total
Fat
|
25g
|
Saturated Fat
|
10g
|
Polyunsaturated Fat
|
0g
|
Monounsaturated Fat
|
0g
|
Cholesterol
|
30mg
|
Sodium
|
500mg
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Potassium
|
0.0mg
|
Total
Carbohydrates
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52g
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Dietary Fibers
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4g
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Sugars
|
16g
|
Protein
|
20g
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Vitamin A
|
15%
|
VitaminB-12
|
0%
|
VitaminB-6
|
0%
|
Vitamin C
|
25%
|
Vitamin D
|
0%
|
Vitamin E
|
0%
|
Calcium
|
25%
|
Copper
|
0%
|
Folate
|
0%
|
Iron
|
15%
|
Magnesium
|
0%
|
Manganese
|
0%
|
Niacin
|
0%
|
Pantothenic Acid
|
0%
|
Phosphorus
|
0%
|
Riboflavin
|
0%
|
Selenium
|
0%
|
Thaimine
|
0%
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