Paneer Dosa Recipe

Ingredients:

3 cup rice (chawal)
1 cup split black gram lentil (urad ki dhuli dal)
1 tsp fenugreek seeds (dana methi)
400 gm potato(alu)
2 large sized onion (pyaj)
150 gm cottage cheese (paneer)
3 green chilly (hari mirch)
1 tsp mustard seeds (rai)
1/4 tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
10-12 curry leaves (kadi patta)
oil as required
1 1/2 tsp salt (namak) 

How to make paneer dosa:

• Soak rice, dal and dana methi for 6 hours.
• Then grind them to a fine thin batter by adding little water.
• Add salt to it and leave it covered for 12 hours for fermentation.
• Peel potato and cut into small pieces.
• Chop onion also into long pieces.
• Grate paneer.
• Finely chop hari mirch also.
• Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan and crackle rai and curry leaves.
• Then fry onion in it until it turns light brown.
• Now put alu, hari mirch and paneer and mix well.
• Now put 1/2 tsp salt, lal mirch and haldi in it.
• Fry for 2 minutes and remove it from the flame. Keep it aside for stuffing.
• Now heat a non stick tawa and spread 1 tbsp of the batter on the whole of the pan.
• When cooked spread paneer mixture on it.
• Grease all the corners with oil.
• Roll and remove it from the gas.
• Put little water on the tawa and wipe it with a clean cloth before making each dosa.
• Serve them hot with hot sambhar and chutney.

KADHAI PANEER RECIPE

Ingredients:

250 gms Cottage Cheese (Paneer)
3 Capsicum (Shimla Mirch)
4 Onion (Pyaj)
4 Tomato (Tamatar)
1 " long piece Ginger (Adrak)
1 tsp Red Chili Powder (Lal Mirchi)
2 Bay Leaf (Tej Patta)
4 Cloves (Lavang)
1 piece Cinnamon (Tuj/Dalchini)
Little Orange Color
4 tblsp Clarified Butter (Ghee) 

How to make kadhai paneer:

• Cut cottage cheese, capsicum in long pieces.
• Grind onion, tomato, ginger, salt, red chili powder and orange color.
• Mince cloves and cinnamom.
• Heat clarified butter in a pan.
• Add bay leaf, cloves, cinnamon.
• Then add onion, tomato, ginger paste.
• Continue cooking it on medium flame till ghee/oil begins to separate.
• Add paneer and capsicum pieces.
• Cook on low flame.
• When the capsicum are done put off the flame.
• Take off the fire and serve hot.
• Serve with nan or paranthas..

CHILLI PANEER RECIPE

Ingredients:

350 gms Paneer 
2 tsp Salt 
1 Egg 
1/2 cup Corn Flour 
1 tsp Ginger-Garlic Paste 
2 cups Coarsely Chopped Onions
2 tbsp Sliced Green Chillies
1 tbsp Soya Sauce 
2 tbsp Vinegar 
1/4 tsp Ajinomoto 
Oil for frying 
Little Water

How to make chilly paneer:

• Cut the paner into cubes.
• Mix together the cottage cheese, 1 tsp salt, egg, corn flour, garlic, ginger and water to just coat the paneer pieces with the mixture.
• Heat oil in a pan and fry the paneer pieces caoted with mixture till golden in color.
• Heat 2 tbsp of the oil in a wok and stir fry the onions in it over high heat for half a minute.
• Add the green chillies, salt, soya sauce, vinegar, ajinomoto and the fried paneer cubes.
• Mix well, and garnish the chilli paneer with finely cut spring onions and coriander.

Achari Paneer

Ingredients

• 14oz paneer cut in ½ inch cubes (paneer you can find in Indian grocery store)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon turmeric (haldi)
• 1/4 cup yogurt (dahi)
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 4 whole red chilies Sabut lal mirch)
• Pinch of asafetida (hing)
• 1/4 teaspoon nigella (onion seeds or kalonji)
• 1 teaspoons coriander seeds (dhania)
• 1/4 teaspoon fenugreek seeds (mathi)
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds (saunf)
• 1 ½ cup baby spinach leaves (palak)

Method

1. Mix paneer, yogurt, turmeric and salt. Set aside.
2. In a frying pan over medium heat, dry roast nigella, coriander seeds, fenugreek seeds, fennel seeds, and black pepper for 1-2 minutes. Seeds will become darker in color and give off a beautiful aroma.
3. Crush the roasted seeds using a mortar or rolling pin.  Set aside.
4. Add oil to the same pan, at low-medium heat.  Roast red chilies till they turn a darker color.  Remove from pan and break each one into 2-3 pieces.
5. Increase to medium heat; add asafetida, followed by paneer mixture.   Stir fry for 3-4 minutes until most of the moisture has evaporated.  Do not overcook the paneer as it will become dry.The yogurt should coat the paneer nicely so it remains moist. Turn off the heat.
6. Add all the dry spices and mix well.
7. Serve warm achari paneer over a bed of spinach leaves.

PANEER KOFTA RECIPE

Ingredients:

For Koftas:
200 gms Cottage Cheese (Paneer) How to make paneer
2 Potato (Aloo)
1/2 tsp Red Chili Powder (Lal Mirchi)
1/4 tsp Garam Masala
2 tblsp Cornflour
Oil for frying

For Gravy
4 Onion (Pyaj)
4 Tomato (Tamatar)
Coriander Leaves (Dhania Patta)
1/2 cup Curd (Dahi)
1/2 cup Cashewnut (Kaju) Powder
1/2 tsp Cumin Seed (Jeera)
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Red Chili Powder (Lal Mirchi)
1/4 tsp Turmeric (Haldi)
1/4 tsp Garam Masala
1 Bay Leaf (Tej Patta)
2 tblsp Clarified Butter (Ghee) 

How to make paneer kofta:

• Boil potatoes and peel them.
• Grate paneer and potatoes.
• Add salt, red chili powder, garam masala, cornflour and mix well.
• Make round balls of this mixture.
• Now heat oil in a pan.
• Fry balls in the oil till brown in color.
• Grind onion and tomatoes together.
• Chop coriander leaves very finely.
• Heat oil in a pan.
• Add cumin seed and bay leaf.
• Add onion, tomato paste and brown it, stirring continously.
• When it leaves oil add curd, cashewnut powder, salt, red chili powder, turmeric, garam masala.
• Stir it continously for a minute.
• Then add 2 cup of water.
• Put on the lid and simmer for 5 minutes.
• While serving reheat the gravy and then add koftas to it.
• Garnish it with chopped coriander leaves.