Paneer Lal Mirch

Paneer lal mirch contains red pepper flakes which gives a peppery taste to the paneer dish. The gravy is made up of chopped onion and yogurt mixed with a bunch of spices. If you love the taste of red chilies you will definitely like this dish. I have used red pepper flakes to moderately spice up the dish however you can make it hot as per your liking.

Ingredients:

Paneer Lal Mirch

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 45 minutes mins

Servings: 2 People

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients

  

• 100 Gm Paneer
• 2 Medium Onion (1 cup)
• 10 Garlic Cloves
• 1 Inch Ginger
• 1 Tsp Fennel Seeds
• 1/2 Tsp Garam Masala
• 1 Tsp Coriander Powder
• 1/2 Tsp Cumin Powder
• 1 Bay Leaf
• 1/2 Tsp Turmeric Powder
• 1 Tsp Crushed Red Pepper Flakes
• 1/2 Tsp Cumin Seeds
• 1/4th Tsp Asafoetida
• 3 Tbsp Oil
• 1 Tbsp Plain Yogurt
• 1/2 Tsp Sugar
• 1/4th Cup Water
• Salt

Method

 

1. Finely dice onions. Crush ginger and garlic together.
   
2. In a pot heat oil. Add cumin seeds. When cumin seeds starts to sputter add bay leaf, asafoetida, turmeric, crushed ginger garlic, fennel seeds and saute it on low heat for about a minute.
   
3. Add diced onion, salt and 1/4 cup water. Cover it with the lid and let it cook for 10 minutes on low heat.
   
4. When the onions are cooked add garam masala, coriander powder, cumin powder, crushed red pepper flakes and sugar. Saute it for a minute.
   
5. Turn off the burner. Add beaten curd. Turn on the burner and saute for 5 minutes.
   
6. Add paneer and saute it for 5 minutes.
   

Notes

Cook the onions thoroughly. As we are using only onion in this dish, cooking it thoroughly will help turn it into coarse gravy.