Tomato and Paneer sabzi

Tomato and Paneer sabzi

This is a very easy and extremely delicious sabzi ( gravy dish). Very few ingredients and takes such little time.. When i want a delicious meal and don’t want to spend too much time in the kitchen, i cook this.. Almost no prep time needed..

Ingredients:

Serves 4

Oil or Butter or Ghee- 1 tbsp

Finely chopped onions- 2 medium size

Cumin seeds – 1tsp

Big Cardamom – 2

Bay leaves – 2

Cinnamom stick – 1 medium size

Hing -1/2 tsp

Turmeric -1 tsp

Curry powder – 1 tbsp

Coriander powder ! tsp

Baby tomatoes- 20 pcs (Use normal tomatoes, if you don’t have these. Just chop them into small pcs. If you don’t have that also, use tomato puree.)

Chopped Garlic- 1 tbsp

Crushed ginger – 1 tbsp

paneer – 500gms

Salt to taste

Coriander leaves for garnishing (optional)

A peek into my Kitchen

I’ll give you a very useful tip. Always keep chopped onion, garlic, ginger and tomatoes in separate zip locks, in your fridge. It will save you a lot of time.

Cooking Process:

Add oil in the pan.

Add cumin seeds.

Once they start to crackle, turn down the flame and add the onions. Stir the onions well.

Add ginger, garlic, bay leaves, cinnamon and cardamom and stir well.

Add the tomatoes and stir.

Once the onions has become light brown, add all the powder masalas and stir in well with 1 cup of water. Cook on very slow flame , till the masala is well cooked (it will leave oil on the side). Add More water if required.

Add the paneer. If the masala is dry, add another half cup water with the paneer. Mix the paneer well in the masala. Water helps the paneer to absorb the flavour and cooking easier.

Add salt.

Cook on low flame, till it’s almost dry.

Garnish with fresh coriander leaves, if they are handy.

I didn’t have any, so have not used them.

Serve hot!

P.S. All the food pictures are taken by me at home, of food cooked by me at home.