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Paneer Malai Curry/No Onion No Garlic curry

05/10/2023 by Sujata Roy 10 Comments

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Paneer malai curry or cottage cheese in rich creamy aromatic coconut milk gravy. Prawn malai curry is a famous dish of Bengali cuisine. Here is a pure veg version of prawn malai curry. This delectable curry is made with paneer and without onion garlic. Try and enjoy the heavenly taste.

You may like to try some more savoury paneer or cottage cheese recipes from this blog.

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Tomato Corn Peas Paneer Kadhi

Paneer In Mustard gravy/Chhanar Sorshe Jhal

Gobhi Palak Paneer Or Cauliflower With Spinach And Cottage Cheese

Chhanar Dalna Or Paneer/Cottage Cheese Balls In Gravy

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Schezwan Paneer

Italian Flavoured Paneer Bhurji

Methi Paneer Kofta In Palak Gravy / Fenugreek And Cottage Cheese Balls In Spinach Gravy

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Mint Paneer Kofta Or Cottage Cheese Balls In Mint Gravy

Soya Paneer / Cottage Cheese  Lollipop 

Paneer Or Cottage Cheese Croquettes / Finger Food / Fritters 

Hariyali Paneer Makhani Masala/Green Cottage Cheese With Butter Gravy

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Aloo Paneer

Broccoli With Cottage Cheese And Mixed Vegetables

Egg Corn Cottage Cheese Baked / Casserole
Corn Cottage Cheese Stir Fry

Savoury Rasgulla Korma 

Malai Kofta

And you can also get many more dessert or sweet recipes with paneer or cottage cheese.

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Fried paneer cubes in tomato, cashew, coconut gravy with aromatic spices taste divine. You can serve this as party side dish. Soaked dry red chilli is optional. Used it to get a different flavor and color. Discard the seeds to reduce hotness of the chilli. You can use 1 more dry red chilli if you like more spicy. Use green chilli and red chilli according to your taste. If making for kids reduce the amount of chilli.

It can be made with easily available ingredients. You need tomato, green chilli, ginger, cashew nuts, poppy seeds, green cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, paneer cubes, fresh grated coconut, dry red chilli and coconut milk. Dry red chilli is optional. Discarded the seeds of dry red chilli to reduce hotness. But if you like your curry more spicy, you can also use the seeds or use more dry red chilli. And if don’t like your curry much spicy, skip dry red chilli. But soaked chilli will give your curry a nice flavor and color.

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Recipe

Paneer – 1 heaped cup, cubed

Tomato – 1

Ginger – 1 inch piece

Green chilli – 1 + 2

Green cardamom – 3

Cinnamon – 1 inch piece

Cloves – 3

Grated coconut – 2 tablespoon

Cashew nuts – 2&1/2 tablespoon or 10-12

Poppy seeds or khas khas – 1&1/2 tablespoon

Dry red chilli – 1, optional

Cumin powder – 1 teaspoon

Turmeric powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Kashmiri red chilli powder – 1 tablespoon

Salt – to taste

Sugar – 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon

Oil – 2-3 tablespoon

Coconut milk – 1 cup

Water – 1/2 cup

Garam masala powder – 1/4 teaspoon

Ghee or clarified butter – 2 teaspoon

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Method

1. Remove the seeds of dry red chilli and soak in 2 tablespoon water.

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2. Grind cashew nuts and poppy seeds. Scrap the sides and add grated coconut and 2 tablespoon water. Make a smooth paste. Add green cardamom cloves and cinnamon. Grind again to make smooth paste. Keep aside.

3. Grind green chilli, ginger, tomato and soaked dry red chilli. Don’t discard the water of soaked chilli, we will use it. Grind into a smooth paste.

4. Heat oil in a pan or wok. Fry the paneer cubes. Fry from all the sides and transfer to a plate.

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5. In the same oil add tomato, ginger and green chilli paste. Add turmeric powder, cumin powder and Kashmiri red chilli powder. Saute till oil leaves the sides.

6. Add cashew nuts, poppy seeds, coconut and whole spices paste. Saute again till oil separates. Add salt and sugar. Mix well and add red chilli soaked water.

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7. Add 1/2 cup more water and coconut milk. Mix well. Add 2 green chilli and let it boil.

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8. Add fried paneer cubes and cook on simmer for 5-6 minutes.

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9. Add ghee or clarified butter and garam masala. Mix and remove from heat.

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10. Serve rich creamy aromatic and lipsmackingly delicious paneer malai curry with pulao, jeera rice, roti, paratha, naan, puri or any flatbread.

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Notes

1. Use chilli according to your spice tolerance. If you are making for kids skip red chilli. And if you want to make your curry more spicy, use 2-3 red chilli.

2. You can also make it without frying the paneer cubes.

3. Sugar is optional but for better taste use atleast 1/4 teaspoon or a pinch, don’t skip.

4. Instead of grinding you can use crushed green cardamom, cloves and cinnamon in tempering before adding tomato paste but ground spices will will make your gravy smooth and flavorful.

This month our Facebook gourmet group Shhhhh Cooking Secretly Challenge theme is no onion no garlic recipes suggested by Priya Iyer who blog at https://www.thephotowali.wordpress.com.

This time my partner is Priya Vijaykrishnan. Priya gave me poppy seeds and cashew nuts as secret ingredients. And I am sharing this paneer malai curry with these ingredients. And I gave her ginger and cumin as secret ingredients. Priya made a delicious no onion garlic Aloo gobhi sabji or potato cauliflower curry with these ingredients.

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Paneer Malai Curry/No Onion No Garlic curry

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Paneer malai curry or cottage cheese in rich creamy aromatic coconut milk gravy. Prawn malai curry is a famous dish of Bengali cuisine. Here is a pure veg version of prawn malai curry. This delectable curry is made with paneer and without onion garlic. 
5 from 10 votes
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Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 15 minutes mins
Total Time 25 minutes mins
Course Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine Bengali cuisine, Indian
Servings 4 People

Equipment

  • 1 Mixer grinder
  • 1 Wok or Pan
  • 1 Spatula
  • 1 Bowl
  • 1 Plate 

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup Paneer cubed
  • 1 Tomato Chopped
  • 1 inch piece Ginger
  • 3 Green chilli
  • 3 Green cardamom
  • 3 Cloves
  • 1 inch Cinnamon
  • 2 tbsp Grated coconut
  • 2&1/2 tbsp Cashew nuts
  • 1&1/2 tbsp Poppy seeds or khas khas
  • 1 Dry red chilli Optional
  • 1 tsp Cumin powder
  • 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
  • 1 tbsp Kashmiri red chilli powder
  • Salt To taste
  • 1/4-1/2 tsp Sugar
  • 2-3 tbsp Oil
  • 1 cup Coconut milk
  • 1/2 cup Water
  • 1/4 tsp Garam masala powder
  • 2 tsp Ghee or clarified butter

Instructions
 

  • Remove the seeds of dry red chilli and soak in 2 tablespoon water.
  • Grind cashew nuts and poppy seeds. Scrap the sides and add grated coconut and 2 tablespoon water. Make a smooth paste. Add green cardamom cloves and cinnamon. Grind again to make smooth paste. Keep aside.
  • Grind green chilli, ginger, tomato and soaked dry red chilli. Don’t discard the water of soaked chilli, we will use it. Grind into a smooth paste.
  • Heat oil in a pan or wok. Fry the paneer cubes. Fry from all the sides and transfer to a plate.
  •  In the same oil add tomato, ginger and green chilli paste. Add turmeric powder, cumin powder and Kashmiri red chilli powder. Saute till oil leaves the sides.
  • Add cashew nuts, poppy seeds, coconut and whole spices paste. Saute again till oil separates. Add salt and sugar. Mix well and add red chilli soaked water.
  • Add 1/2 cup more water and coconut milk. Mix well. Add 2 green chilli and let it boil.
  • Add fried paneer cubes and cook on simmer for 5-6 minutes.
  • Add ghee or clarified butter and garam masala. Mix and remove from heat.
  • Serve rich creamy aromatic and lipsmackingly delicious paneer malai curry with pulao, jeera rice, roti, paratha, naan, puri or any flatbread.

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Notes

1. Use chilli according to your spice tolerance. If you are making for kids skip red chilli. And if you want to make your curry more spicy, use 2-3 red chilli.
2. You can also make it without frying the paneer cubes.
3. Sugar is optional but for better taste use atleast 1/4 teaspoon or a pinch, don’t skip.
4. Instead of grinding you can use crushed green cardamom, cloves and cinnamon in tempering before adding tomato paste but ground spices will will make your gravy smooth and flavorful.
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Filed Under: Curries, Fusion Foods, Gluten Free, Satvik Food Recipes, Vegetarian Tagged With: aromatic curry, coconut milk based curry recipe, cottage cheese recipe, delicious paneer curry recipe, easy recipe, fusion recipe, how to make paneer with coconut milk, malai curry recipe, Navaratri recipe, no onion no garlic recipe, paneer ki sabji recipe, paneer recipe, party side dish, satvik recipe, unique curry recipe, veg malai curry recipe

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  1. Priya Iyer says

    12/10/2023 at 6:38 PM

    5 stars
    So glad to see this vegetarian version of a classic Bengali dish. I’m always interested in trying out dishes from different regional Indian cuisines, so this is great!

    The sabzi looks super creamy and delicious!

    Reply
  2. Seema Sriram says

    13/10/2023 at 8:12 PM

    5 stars
    Such a delicious creamy Paneer curry. I would love to try this out as we are having friends over next week and it will be lovely to see them off with curry boxes to carry. love how deep the curry colour looks too.

    Reply
  3. Renu says

    13/10/2023 at 10:00 PM

    5 stars
    Paneer malai curry looks very rich and creamy. The use of poppy seeds and cashew paste has given it such a wonderful texture. would love to try soon.

    Reply
  4. Archana says

    18/10/2023 at 6:35 AM

    5 stars
    Wow! I love this yummy paneer malai curry. Looks absolutely delicious and is so easy to make. Perfect for the festive days that we have right now.

    Reply
  5. Jayashree .T.Rao says

    19/10/2023 at 10:42 AM

    5 stars
    Paneer Malai looks so good. Liked the addition of coconut here, it lends a good texture to the gravy. Will make this no onion garlic version with hot rotis.

    Reply
  6. Rafeeda - The Big Sweet Tooth says

    25/10/2023 at 11:28 AM

    5 stars
    The gravy looks absolutely creamy. I love the addition of coconut milk and am really wondering how this paneer dish would taste. Amazing recipe…

    Reply
  7. Priya Vj says

    25/10/2023 at 4:40 PM

    5 stars
    Yummy Malai paneer . It will be a super hit at all parties and get togethers. Will pair well with Jeera Rice as well as rotis /naan

    Reply
  8. Radha says

    27/10/2023 at 2:00 AM

    5 stars
    Oh I love the coconut and poppy seed flavor combination in this curry. I know right away that we will love this curry, thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  9. Sasmita Sahoo says

    27/10/2023 at 5:06 PM

    5 stars
    Paneer Malai Curry looks absolutely creamy here di. The addition of coconut milk would taste more yummy in this recipe.

    Reply
  10. Narmadha says

    29/10/2023 at 9:58 AM

    5 stars
    Paneer malai curry looks so creamy and delicious. Would love to have it with hot phulkas.

    Reply

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