Paneer Jalfrezi

This is an awesome restaurant style paneer jalfrezi recipe. It is adapted from monsoon spice blog.

Ingredients:

1. Onion chopped - 1 big
2. Garlic chopped - 1 tbs
3. Ginger chopped - 1 tbs
4. Green chilli - 1
5. Paneer cubes - 2.5 cups
6. Tomato purée - 1 cup
7. Tomato - 2 medium, ripe
8. Red bell pepper - 1
9. Green capsicum - 1
10. Salt to taste
11. Tomato ketchup - 1 tbs
12. Sugar - 1 tsp
13. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
14. Coriander powder - 2 tsp
15. Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
16. Kasuri methi / dried fenugreek leaves - 1 tbs
17. Oil - 2 tbs
18. Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
19. Garam masala - 1 tsp
20. Lime juice - 1 tbs
21. Coriander leaves, chopped - 2tbs

Method:

1. Heat oil in a pan
2. Splutter the cumin seeds in hot oil
3. Add onion, green chilli, ginger and garlic and sauté it till onion is golden brown
4. Add spices from ingradients 13 to 16 and toss it
5. Add tomato purée, ketchup, sugar and salt and sauté for 2 minutes
6. Deseed green capsicum, red bell pepper and tomato and cut in to strips
7. Add them to pan and mix well
8. After two minutes add paneer and cook for few minutes till paneer is cooked
9. Add lime juice, garam masala and coriander leaves and switch off the flame.
10. Move the paneer jalfrezi to a serving bowl and curry is ready for photo shoot!!😀

Note: I have added other veggies like cauliflower , beans and carrot too in it.. If you are adding veggies add it after step 5 and give it few minutes to cook.

The same recipe can be used for making Vegetable jalfrezi. Just drop paneer and add veggies instead.
Milk cream can be added if you need gravy for this dish.