Varutharacha Paneer Curry Recipe with Step by Step Pictures. Spicy and tasty paneer side dish made with roasted coconuts and spices.
Now coming back to the recipe. Today we are cooking with Cottage Cheese/ Paneer, Its my favourite. I always have a packet of that in our fridge, because you never know when you need it. The cool thing about this is it gives you the meatier taste which a chicken provides and also it absorbs the flavour which you all into it.
This recipe was born from an accident. Because I thought of making it entirely different. But somehow the curry landed like this. I am not complaining about this, because the taste was wonderful. I hope you will give it a try and tell me how it turned out for you.
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Varutharacha Paneer Curry Recipe
Ingredients
- Paneer - 200 gms cubed
- Oil- 2 tblspn
- Salt to taste
- Sugar - 1 tsp
For Roasting & Grinding 1:
- Oil- 1 tblspn
- Fennel Seeds / Sombu - 1 tsp
- Cinnamon / Pattai - 1 small piece
- Cumin Seeds / Jeerkam - 1 tsp
- Coriander seeds / Kothamalli - 1 tblspn
- Dry Red Chilli - 10 I used Kashmiri Mirch
- Coconut -2 tblspn
For Roasting & Grinding 2:
- Oil- 1 tblspn
- Onion - 1 chopped
- Tomato-1 chopped
Instructions
- Heat 1 tblspn oil in a kadai. Add in cubed paneer cubes and fry till light golden. Remove them and soak them it hot water till use. This way the paneer remains soft.
- Heat 1 tblspn of oil and add in the fennel,cinnamon,cumin,coriander and dry red chilli and roast them till everything turns golden. It will take around 5 mins.
- Add in coconut and saute them for 3-4 mins.
- Now remove them in a blender and make into a fine puree by adding some water. Keep this aside for just a moment.
- Heat 1 tblspn oil again and add in onions and saute till they turn golden. Add in tomatoes and mix well. Cook for a couple of minutes.
- Now remove them to the same blender where the spice masala is kept. Grind all these together to a smooth paste.
- Heat 1 tblspn oil in the same kadai and add the ground masala. Add some water and bring everything to a boil.
- Add in salt and sugar to taste. Mix well and simmer this for 15-20 mins till oil separates from this.
- Now add in the drained paneer cubes and simmer for 5 more mins.
- Switch off the flame and serve with roti or anything.
Varutharacha Paneer Curry Recipe Step by Step Pictures
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| Start by frying paneer cubes |
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| fry till they turn golden |
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| remove them and soak it in hot water till use |
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| Now fry whole spices..Add fennel to a tblspn of oil |
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| add cinnamon |
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| cumin seeds |
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| coriander seeds |
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| and some lovely kashmiri red chilli |
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| roast |
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| add coconut in |
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| and roast for few more minutes |
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| remove them to a blender |
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| and make into a puree |
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| now heat oil in a kadai |
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| add onions in |
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| and saute for few minutes |
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| add in tomatoes and saute for few minutes |
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| now add this to the same blender |
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| and make into a puree |
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| add that to a kadai |
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| sprinkle some salt and a tiny amount of sugar |
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| add some water and bring it to a boil |
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| simmer till oil separates |
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| now add in drained paneer cubes |
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| and mix well |
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| Serve |
Suja Manoj
Nice twist,sounds yummy,thanks for sharing
Priya Yallapantula
I am so going to make it over the weekend 🙂
maha
yummy..vl try this
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Pretend Chef
Yummy!
morri
I had some leftover paneer, so I made it today. Wow, it was so spicy! My husband tried a little when it was simmering and asked me: "Can we make a whole bucket of raita to have with this?". Hehe.
Ram Harish
Tasty n this goes well wid pulav... Easy to prepare... Thank you
Ram Harish
Yummy... Tis dish goes wel wid mealmaker pulav... Easy to prepare too... Thank you mam..
Ram Harish
Yummy... Tis dish goes wel wid mealmaker pulav... Easy to prepare too... Thank you mam..