Restaurant Style Nawabi paneer recipe curry|cottage cheese recipe

Hi friends, let’s talk about lip smacking Hyderabadi dish, Nawabi Paneer, with a rich and flavorful gravy using onions, ginger,garlic,whole spices and yogurt and creamy gravy of nuts and spices.Nawabi Paneer is a popular as well as non-spicy, creamy Hyderabadi dish made up of cottage cheese and cashews-almonds paste.The use of cashews nuts, almonds and poppy seeds or khus khus enhances the richness of the gravy.

RESTAURANT STYLE NAWABI PANEER

Tips:

• If you want to make more rich gravy, you can add the peas, bell pepper, water, coriander leaves and bring it to a boil. Turn off the flame, transfer the Nawabi Curry into a serving dish and top with the cooked paneer pieces.

Other New Year recipes are as follow:

• New Year special| halwai jaisa gajar ka halwa|traditional Indian sweet
• Hyderabadi style dum biryani
• Restaurant Style Punjabi Aloo Dum
• Desi dhaba style kadai paneer

Recipe card for Nawabi Paneer recipe:

RESTAURANT STYLE

NAWABI PANEER

PREP TIME: 10 MINUTES

COOK TIME: 30 MINUTES

TOTAL TIME: 40 MINUTES

CUSINE: HYDERABADI

AUTHOR: SWATI RASOI

SERVES: 4

INGREDIANTS

Cottage cheese (paneer) 400gm

Poppy seeds (paste)

2 teaspoon poppy seeds (khus khus)

10 cashews

10 almonds

1 tablespoon Cumin seeds (Shah Jeera)

2 Bay Leaf (Tej patta)

3 Green cardamom

4 Cloves

1Cinnamon stick (dalchini)

2 tablespoon ghee

5 Green Chilli(slit)

2 medium size onion (paste)

2 tablespoon ginger garlic paste

½ cup Yogurt (curd)

1 tablespoon black pepper powder

Salt (According to taste)

1 cup milk

1 tablespoon kewra water

Saffron few strands (optional)

1 tablespoon Fenugreek Leaves (Kasuri methi)

Preparation:

1. Soak poppy seeds, cashews and almonds for 1/2 hour. And peel the almonds
2. In a blender , make a smooth paste of medium size onion, soaked poppy seeds, cashews and almonds.
3. Heat a deep sauce pan and add ghee, In the same pan or kadai, add cumin seeds, bay leaf, green cardamom, cloves and cinnamon stick in it.
4. Saute it well and cook till aromatic.
5. Add slit green chilli and saute it for a few minutes.
6. Add the chopped onions andRead more…