Paneer Malai Curry/No Onion No Garlic curry
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.
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.