Paneer Makhana ( Fox Nut ) Curry ( Paneer aur makhane ki sabji )

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Namaskar....

I am Sangeeta Agrawal and heartily welcome you at my blog...

# Paneer and makhana both are very healthy and delicious. Lots of salty and sweet dishes are prepared from paneer and makhana and regarded as royal dishes.

# Oftenly we prepare... Mater paneer, shaahi paneer, chili paneer etc. but if we make paneer curry with makhana...Then you will find it amazing in taste and texture.
As makhana absorbes the gravy in itself,
they become yummy with paneer.

# Prep Time...15 minutes
# cook Time...15 minutes
# Serving....4

# Ingredients For Paneer And Makhana Curry....

1. Paneer.....200 gram ( 1 cup cut in squares )
2. Makhana....25 Gram ( 1 cup fried ) bhune hue
3. Tomato...3
4. Green chili...2
5. Ginger....1 inch piece
6.Fresh cream...2 table spoon ( khane wali spoon )
7. Oil or deshi ghee....2 1|2 table spoon
8. Cumin seeds...1|2 tea spoon
9. Turmeric powder...1|2 tea spoon
10. Coriander powder...1 table spoon
11. Red chili powder.....1|2 tea spoon
12. Garam masala...1|2 tea spoon
13. Coriander leaves...1 table spoon
14. Salt to taste or  1 1|4  tea spoon

# Method Of Making..

1. Firstly, dip the paneer in the boiling water and keep aside...So that it could be soft and buttery.

2. Then place a heavy bottomed  kadai on the medium flame and dry roast the makhana and take out in a plate.

3. Now make a fine paste of tomato, green chili and ginger in the mixer jar and keep aside.

4. Take out the paneer in the warm water and cut it into squares and keep aside.

5. Now place a pan on the medium flame, add ghee or oil in it.
As the oil heats up, add cumin seeds to crackle.

6. Add turmeric, coriander and red chili powder and saute them for 30 seconds.

7. Just add tomato, green chili and ginger paste in the spices and mix well.

8. Cook it on the slow flame till the oil separates from the gravy for 8 or 10 minutes.

9.Then add 2 spoons of fresh cream ( ghar ki malai ) and saute it well for 2 minutes till it separates from the pan.

1o. Now add 2 cups of water in the paste and cover it and let it boil for 5 minutrs on the medium flame.

11 . Then add paneer pieces and whole fox nuts ( makhana ) in the gravy and cook it again for 4 or 5 minutes so that paneer and makhana could absorb the gravy.

11.  Lastly add garam masala and fresh coriander leaves in the curry and off the flame.

Now delicious "Paneer Makhana Curry is ready to serve.
You can garnish it with fried makhana and cashews.

Note...

1. If you want to make this curry with onion, then add 2 onion paste as the cumin seeds crackle.
Saute it till golden brown and then add other dry spices.

2. You can make it in the pressure cooker till 1 whistle only.

3. If makhanas become soggy in the curry,
Then add some more makhana in the curry and don't overcook it.

4. Adjust the consistency of gravy in the curry as makhanas are soaking.

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